ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,728, issued on March 11, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and battery pack including the same" was invented by Youngho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Junyeob Seong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jongha Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is a battery module having an improved assembling property, and a battery pack including the same. The battery module includes a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a frame to cover upper, lower, left, and right surfaces of the battery cell stack; a busbar frame to cover front and rear surfaces o...