ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,258, issued on June 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and VINATECH Co. LTD. (Jeonju-si, South Korea).

"Energy storage module" was invented by Young Woo Noh (Guri-si, South Korea) and Jun Tae Jeong (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage module may include first and second energy storage devices each including: an electrode assembly; an external member accommodating the electrode assembly therein; and electrode leads joined to electrodes provided in the electrode assembly, in which the first and second energy storage devices are stacked in a...