ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,235, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Bum Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Yoon Keum (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dong Hwan Shin (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells and a module case configured to receive the plurality of battery cells to improve spatial utilization of the battery module. The module case includes a case body at front, rear, left and right surfaces, and a lower part thereof; a case cover at an upper part of the case body; and a mounting bracket at a side surface of the...