ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,304, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module including connector having shock absorbing structure" was invented by Beak San Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Junyeob Seong (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Ryeol Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee Yong Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module of the present disclosure includes: a cell assembly including at least one battery cell; a module case accommodating the cell assembly; and a module connector mounted on a mounting surface outside the module case, electrically connected to the cell assembly, and connec...