ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,901, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Tak Kyung Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea), Yang Kyu Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji San Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seo Roh Rhee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module including a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells that are stacked on top of one another, the plurality of battery cells including electrode leads, at least one bus bar structured to provide a plurality of through-slits into which the electrode leads are inserted, and a bus bar frame coupled to the at least one bus bar, ...