ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,816, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery case, and secondary battery" was invented by Hyun Beom Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jun Kyu Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong Min Ha (Daejeon, South Korea), Gi Man Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyun Chul Ha (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery case includes a recess part recessed downward, and a sealing part provided around the recess part when the secondary battery case is unfolded. At least portions of the sealing part are attached to each other to seal inner surfaces of the recess part from ...