ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,667, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).

"Battery module" was invented by Tetsuji Omura (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells each including a bottom surface, the plurality of battery cells being arranged in a first direction; a cooling plate facing the bottom surface of each of the plurality of battery cells; and a heat conduction member provided between each of the plurality of battery cells and the cooling plate. The cooling plate has a protrusion and a recess at a portion facing the bottom surface of each of the plurality of...