ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,894, issued on April 29, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Battery module" was invented by Seo Roh Rhee (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Il Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho Yeon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kang Gu Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a plurality of secondary battery cells, including at least one weak sealing portion, and a housing unit in which the plurality of secondary battery cells are accommodated. The housing unit includes a flame discharge opening formed to face the weak sealing portion such that flame or exhaust gas, discharged from the weak sealing ...