US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on Feb. 11 for "Electrochemical element for inducing internal short circuit, and method for evaluating safety using same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,402, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrochemical element for inducing internal short circuit, and method for evaluating safety using same" was invented by Tae Jong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seo Young Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to: an electrochemical element which comprises a separator having through-holes formed therein, a through-hole cover material, and a spacer; and a method for using the electrochemical element to evaluate the safety of an energy storage device by means of an internal short circuit. An energy s...