ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,523, issued on June 17, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Eun-Gyu Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong-O Mun (Daejeon, South Korea), Dal-Mo Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Mi-Geum Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is a battery module including a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries arranged in parallel to each other, each pouch type secondary battery comprising an electrode assembly, a receiving portion configured to receive the electrode assembly and a pouch exterior, a cooling plate arranged under the plurality of pouch-type secondar...