US Patent Issued to SK On on May 12 for "Battery module" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,016, issued on May 12, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Chang Mook Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyung Tae Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyeong Min Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a cell stack including a plurality of a battery cell, a module case at least partially accommodating the cell stack, and a cooling unit disposed at one side of the cell stack. The battery cell includes a cell case, an electrode assembly and an electrolyte accommodated in the cell case, and an electrolyte storage unit inserted into the cell case to supply...