ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,148, issued on June 30, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Seung Hoon Ju (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwan Yong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sol San Son (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a battery module. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a battery module including a plurality of battery cells each including at least one electrode tab, and a bus bar in contact with the electrode tabs to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells, wherein the bus bar includes a plate in which...