ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,862, issued on March 24, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery pack" was invented by Jin Su Han (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Song Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Ju Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Sei Hoon Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Woong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Byeong Jun Pak (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a lower plate on which one or more cell assemblies are disposed, one or more support frames coupled to the lower plate, and one or more reinforcing members coupled to one side of the support frame to form a venting path. The reinforcing member includes...