ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,035, issued on March 4, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery assembly" was invented by Ji San Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Yun Kyung Min (Daejeon, South Korea), Seo Roh Rhee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jong Chan Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a battery assembly including: a battery housing; a battery cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells which are stacked and placed in the housing and are electrically connected; and a heat dissipation resin layer, and the battery assembly has minimized cell damage due to a swelling phenomenon occurring in a battery cell and a...