ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,729, issued on June 3, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery pack, battery apparatus and method for detecting electrolyte leakage" was invented by Dong Hyeon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a battery pack, a battery monitoring circuit is connected to a battery module including a plurality of battery cells to monitor the battery module. The detection sensor detects an electrolyte leaking in the battery module, and includes a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series between a power supply supplying a first voltage and a ground terminal, and a variable resistor ...