US Patent Issued to Samsung SDI on June 23 for "Battery module" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,251, issued on June 23, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Young Deok Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module including: a battery cell having opposite top and bottom surfaces, a long side surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, and a short side surface extending between the top surface, the bottom surface, and the long side surface, the battery cell including a terminal on the top surface; an end plate having an end area in contact with the long side surface of the battery cell and an end flange bent from a lowe...