ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,118, issued on May 6, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery pack" was invented by Gilchoun Yeom (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes at least one battery cell, a circuit board electrically connected to the at least one battery cell, and a conductive block electrically connecting the at least one battery cell and the circuit board to each other, the conductive block having a first surface, the first surface including a first metal and a second metal different from the first metal, and a second surface in contact with the first surface along an edge, the second...