ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,230, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module, battery rack, and power storage device" was invented by Jae-Min Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung-Joon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Eun-Gyu Shin (Daejeon, South Korea) and Young-Bum Cho (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module prevents a fire from increasing in size and prevents electrical short circuits due to dew condensation in case of a fire. A battery module for achieving the object as described above includes a cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells, a front cover including an upper wall, a...