US Patent Issued to SK On on July 21 for "Battery module" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,104, issued on July 21, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Ji Hoon Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ji Hoon Lim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a battery cell; a case housing the battery cell, the case including a conductive material; a bus bar electrically connected to the battery cell, the bus bar including a terminal exposed to outside of the case; and a barrier disposed between the terminal and the case, wherein the barrier comprises a groove in an end of the barrier."

The patent was filed on March 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/...