ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,173, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Dae-Woong Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang-Hun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min-Hyeong Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyung-Kyun Yu (Daejeon, South Korea), Hun-Hee Lim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Soo-Ji Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly to which an electrode lead is attached; a case configured to receive the electrode assembly therein; a lead film configured to surround a part of an outer surface of the electrode lead and interposed between t...