ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,750, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Button-type secondary battery" was invented by Min Su Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Joo Hwan Sung (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Gon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Je Jun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Won Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Geon Woo Min (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Gyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Hak Chae (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button-type secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes: an electrode assembly; a lower can configured to accommodate the electrode assembly; an upper can coupled...