ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,286, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and battery pack" was invented by Seo Roh Rhee (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Eun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Da Som Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jeong Woo Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a case, a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the case, and a first busbar connecting at least one of the plurality of battery cells to a conductive connector, wherein the first busbar includes a first connection portion connected to the at least one battery cell, a second connection portion connected...