US Patent Issued to SK On on July 14 for "Battery module with improved stability" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,223, issued on July 14, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module with improved stability" was invented by Seo Roh Rhee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sol San Son (Daejeon, South Korea), Ha Chul Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Hoon Ju (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yang Kyu Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module which may prevent or delay a short circuit with respect to nail penetration includes a cell assembly including a plurality of cells electrically connected to each other, an outer case of the battery module, covering the cell assembly, and an elastic refractory part provi...