ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,962, issued on May 27, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Battery pack" was invented by Jaepil Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea), Shidong Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chuljung Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jisoon Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a battery cell, an input/output terminal to/from which a charging/discharging current of the battery cell is to be inputted/outputted, and a connector detachably connected to the input/output terminal, and the input/output terminal includes a first hollow conductive member protruding in a first direction and a seco...