ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,835, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Battery module" was invented by Hoemin Cheong (Daejeon, South Korea), Ju Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seul Gi Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module according to the present disclosure comprises a cell stack comprising a plurality of battery cells; and a module case covering the outside of the cell stack. A module case comprises a first case comprising a rib and a first coupling portion that has a greater thickness than that of the rib and that is connected to a side of the rib; a second case comprising a second co...