ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,097, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Collector and cylindrical secondary battery including the same" was invented by Su Ji Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwang Su Hwangbo (Daejeon, South Korea), Do Gyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Ki Jo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kwang Hun Ko (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical secondary battery includes an electrode assembly provided with an electrode tab; a battery can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly; a terminal configured to pass through the battery can and insulated from the battery can; and a coll...