ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,086, issued on July 21, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery module, battery pack, electric vehicle, and method of mounting a battery module" was invented by Marton Nemes (Seiersberg-Pirka, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes secondary battery cells; a one positive current collector structure; and a negative current collector structure; wherein the secondary battery cells include an electrode assembly, a positive terminal electrically, a negative terminal, and a case receiving the electrode assembly, the positive current collector structure interconnects the positive ter...