ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,770, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and battery pack having the same" was invented by Seo Roh Rhee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yang Kyu Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Eun Jeong Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Young Sun Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a plurality of pouch-type battery cells, each of the pouch-type battery cells including an electrode assembly, a pouch, and electrode leads, the pouch including at least one electrode accommodation portion and a sealing portion; and a bus bar assembly having at least one conductive bus ...