ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. RE50,620, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module, battery pack including battery module, and vehicle including battery pack" was invented by Mi-Geum Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong-O Mun (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoon-Koo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dal-Mo Kang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a plurality of battery cells stacked one another and respectively having electrode leads protruding in the front and rear directions of the battery module, and a bus bar unit configured to integrally connect the electrode leads...