ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,275, issued on March 17, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Ho Sang Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Eun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Hae Ryong Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jung Hwan Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a battery module. The battery module includes a module case; first and second battery groups disposed inside the module case to be spaced apart from each other, each of the first and second battery groups including a plurality of battery cells; a first bus bar assembly disposed on a first side of the first battery group, the first b...