ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,291, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pouch-type battery pack having folding structure and manufacturing method there-of" was invented by Seong Ju Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is a battery pack to which a folding structure is applied and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to a battery pack in which battery cells are connected in series using a connection plate in an unfolded state, then wrapped and fixed with individual housings, and a folding structure is applied to form a cell stack structure of the battery cells by folding th...