ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,394, 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), Majid Abbasi Gharacheh (Daejeon, South Korea), Yunjo Ro (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seung Hoon Ju (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells each including an electrode tab; and a bus bar connected to the electrode tab to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells to each other. The bus bar includes a plate having a plurality of holes. The electrode tab of each of the battery ce...