ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,320, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module with reinforced safety" was invented by Sung-Hwan Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Myung-Ki Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jun-Yeob Seong (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyoung-Suk Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hye-Mi Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a structure so that gas or flame generated inside the battery module may be discharged stably. The battery module includes a cell assembly having at least one battery cell; a module case configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space...