ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,773, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery pack" was invented by Sangjoo Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hanjun Wang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack including a frame including a thermistor seat and a thermistor accommodated in the thermistor seat; at least one battery cell on the frame and connected to the thermistor; and a protective circuit module, the protection circuit module including a projection between a portion of the thermistor and the at least one battery cell."

The patent was filed on March 10, 2021, under Application No. 17/197,...