ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,888, issued on July 1, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module ensuring airtightness for HV terminal, and battery pack comprising same" was invented by Chang Keun Son (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Yoon Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyeon Ki Yun (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a battery module and a battery pack, and provides airtightness, particularly, a sealing property for a high voltage (HV) terminal, thereby preventing the penetration of moisture from the outside and increasing the durability of the battery pack."

The patent was filed on...