ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,350, issued on April 14, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Battery module" was invented by Gyu Jin Chung (Daejeon, South Korea), Seok Min Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ji Seok Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module including: a battery stack of battery cells having opposite ends to which a plurality of electrode tabs are connected; end-side bus bar assemblies formed at opposite ends of the battery stack, respectively, and electrically connecting the electrode tabs of the battery cells; and a case accommodating the battery stack and the end-side bus bar assemblies."
The patent ...