ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,372, issued on April 21, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Tae-Il Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ho-Yeon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of secondary battery cells, a housing member in which the plurality of secondary battery cells are accommodated, and a multilayer member provided between the plurality of secondary battery cells, at least a portion of the multilayer member in a first direction being formed of a material having a thermal conductivity lower than that o...