ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,541, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery cell and battery module" was invented by Kitaek Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Junyeob Seong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jee Hoon Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell with an electrode assembly and a pouch case is disclosed herein. The electrode assembly can include a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween. The electrode assembly can have a planar shape with four sides. The pouch case can accommodate the electrode assembly. The pouch case can include a first acco...