ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,267, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Hae Ryong Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea), Yang Kyu Choi (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 is disclosed. The battery module includes a plurality of sub-modules each including at least one battery cell and an internal bus bar electrically connected to an electrode tab of the at least one battery cell, and a bus bar assembly configured to connect the internal bus bars of the plurality of sub-modules. The bus bar assembly includes a bus bar frame detachably...