ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,784, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Battery pack" was invented by Sei Hoon Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Bon Seok Ku (Daejeon, South Korea), Jun Hee Jung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jae Il Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a battery pack, including a battery module array including a plurality of battery modules coupled in series and having first and second terminals, each of the plurality of battery modules including at least one battery cell, a current blocking element coupled to the battery cell and opened when an overcurrent is applied, and a sensor unit m...