ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,380, issued on April 21, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Battery module" was invented by Moo Han Baek (Daejeon, South Korea), Dae Won Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Uk Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Byung Jun Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jong Ho Seok (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module comprises a battery sub-module including one or more battery cells, and a barrier disposed to face one side surface of the battery sub-module, in which the barrier includes a rigid member supporting the battery sub-module, and a heat absorbing member accommodated in the rigid member to absorb ...