ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,172, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Battery module" was invented by Jae Min Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Young Hyun Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jun Hee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes: a battery cell having a cell vent; and a bus bar holder on the battery cell and having a module vent. The module vent having a flat first surface, a flat second surface opposite to the first surface and facing the battery cell, a vent hole extending between the first and second surfaces and facing the cell vent, and a plurality of bending guide...