ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,129, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and battery pack including the same" was invented by Kitaek Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Dae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Youngsun Yun (Daejeon, South Korea) and Junkyu Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a frame member for housing the battery cell stack and having an opened upper portion, and an upper plate for covering the battery cell stack on an upper portion of the frame member, wherein a stepped portion is...