ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,606, issued on May 19, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Daeyeop Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Heonhee Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Junhyung Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jisoon Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sunghoon Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes: a battery assembly; a main housing comprising a main edge part surrounding an accommodation space in which the battery assembly is located; a first plate comprising a first edge part coupled to the main edge part and a first exposure part exposed from the main edge part ...