ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,680, issued on April 7, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Busbar and battery module including same" was invented by Gang U Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Min Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tae Gu Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, there is provided a busbar having a bent shape is proposed. The busbar includes: a body connector having a plate shape configured to electrically connect a plurality of battery cells to each other; and a bent connector branched outwardly from a side edge of the body connector and electrically connected to an external component. The bent...