ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,108, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly, cylindrical battery, and battery pack and vehicle including the same" was invented by Jong-Sik Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwan-Hee Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Myung-An Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound, and the first electrode includes an insulation layer that covers a boundary of an uncoated portion and a coated portion along a winding direction of the electrode assembly. A plurality ...