ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,812, issued on June 9, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery assembly and battery pack having the same" was invented by Byeong Jun Pak (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Song Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Bon Seok Ku (Daejeon, South Korea), Jun Hee Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Sei Hoon Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Su Han (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jae Il Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery assembly includes a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells stacked together, a busbar assembly coupled to the cell stack and including a busbar electrically connected to an electrode lea...