ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,406, issued on April 21, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Ventilation device for pouch-type secondary battery and battery module including the same" was invented by Taek Eon Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Mo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Ju Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Go Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sun Min Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jae Gyu Byun (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventilation device for a secondary battery includes a frame including a first frame and a second frame, and a connector connecting the first frame and the second frame to each other and including a sl...