ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,396, issued on April 15, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module, battery pack comprising battery module, and vehicle" was invented by Hee-Jun Jin (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong-O Mun (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ho-June Chi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes battery cells, a module case configured to accommodate the battery cells, and a bus bar assembly electrically connected to electrode leads of the battery cells. The bus bar assembly includes a bus bar frame disposed on at least one side of the battery cells, lead slots provided so that electrode leads ...