ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,149, issued on July 28, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery pack" was invented by Shidong Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jangwoong Bae (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes battery cells arranged in a first direction, the battery cells each having a main surface, a first surface, and a second surface, main surfaces of battery cells that are adjacent to each other facing each other, and the first surface and the second surface respectively forming both ends of each of the battery cells in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; an insulat...