ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,888, issued on April 29, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Battery module" was invented by Hoemin Cheong (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho Yeon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Gyu Jin Chung (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a battery module. The battery module according to the present invention includes a housing having an internal accommodation space; and a plurality of battery cells disposed in the internal accommodation space, in which the housing includes a weld joint in which a first base material of a first aluminum-based alloy and a second base material of a second...