ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,427, issued on July 15, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Terminal block protective cover and battery module including the same" was invented by Jun Hee Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Su Han (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Il Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Song Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Bon Seok Ku (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sei Hoon Cho (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The battery module includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a terminal block electrically connected to the battery cell stack; a housing accommodating the battery cell stack in a form...