ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,226, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module for vehicle" was invented by Jun Young Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Min Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Byung Su Kim (Incheon, South Korea), Geum Hyeon Lee (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Jin ho You (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment battery module for a vehicle includes first and second battery cells each having a planar shape, each battery cell being extended in one direction and including a positive electrode and a negative electro...