ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,207, issued on June 24, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module having module housing of thin plate type and battery pack including the same" was invented by Ho-June Chi (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyung-Mo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong-O Mun (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin-Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee-Jun Jin (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is a battery module having a plurality of battery cells and a module housing forming an inner space for accommodating the plurality of battery cells, wherein the module housing includes a base plate forming a bottom surf...