ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,585, issued on May 19, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery pack including a battery module" was invented by Jin Su Han (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) and Jae Il Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a battery module and a battery pack including the same, and more particularly, a battery module in which a CMU (cell monitoring unit) may be easily and conveniently mounted by providing a CMU mounting part, on which the CMU may be mounted, on ...