ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,426, issued on July 15, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery pack having thermal diffusion prevention structure between battery modules" was invented by Doo-Han Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Chang-keun Son (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, each having a plurality of battery cells and a module housing for accommodating the plurality of battery cells; an insulator interposed between two battery modules facing each other among the plurality of battery modules; and an anti-compression member made of a rigid material and disposed...