ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,405, issued on May 20, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module" was invented by Eung Ho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Tae An (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyo Seong An (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ho Seong Jang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module is disclosed. In some implementations, the battery module includes: a housing having an internal space, a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells and a first heat blocking member blocking heat propagation between the plurality of battery cells are stacked, and a second heat blocking member disposed between the cell stack and ...