ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,719, issued on April 22, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Yong Uk Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Byung Jun Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Suk Chul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Yun Hee Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Ho Seok (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Hyun Chang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dong Hwa Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module is proposed. The battery module includes a plurality of battery sub-modules, and a front cover part configured to cover an outermost stacking surface of the plurality of stacked battery sub-modules. The front cover part i...