ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,269, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery cell, and battery module and battery pack including the same" was invented by Seo Roh Rhee (Daejeon, South Korea), Gyu Jin Chung (Daejeon, South Korea), Won Seok Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Ha Chul Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yang Kyu Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell includes a casing having an accommodation space formed therein and having one or both ends open; a cover plate covering one or both open ends of the casing; and an electrode assembly accommodated in the accommodation space, in which a plura...