ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,120, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Battery pack" was invented by Jaepil Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea), Younghwan Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kisuk Son (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Chuljung Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to a battery pack. In one aspect, the battery pack includes at least one battery cell, a heat transfer piece arranged on the battery cell at a position spaced apart from a charge-discharge path, and a circuit board including a lead portion coupled to the heat transfer piece and a main body connected to the lea...