ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,889, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Battery pack, battery module having the battery pack, power supply device having the battery module" was invented by Seokgyun Chang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hanho Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Dongku Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack, a battery module including the battery pack, and a power supply device including the battery module. The battery pack includes: a type-1 battery cell; and a series of type-2 battery cells which have an output power and a capacity different from an output power and a capacity...