ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,328, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Battery pack" was invented by Seokbin Yoon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Daeyon Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kwangsoo Bae (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged into rows adjacent to each other, adjacent rows of battery cells being alternately shifted to front positions or rear positions in a row direction; busbars arranged to form a parallel group of battery cells by connecting a group of battery cells to each other in parallel, and connecting adjacent parallel groups...