ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,139, 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 Youngho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Soo Youl Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Ryul Baek (Daejeon, South Korea) and Han Ki Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a module frame accommodating the battery cell stack and having an open upper part; and an upper plate covering the battery cell stack over the open upper...