ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,315, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Unit cell and battery cell including the same" was invented by Hyeok Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Seong Won Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Jun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Taek Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Soon Kwan Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Sangho Bae (Daejeon, South Korea) and Minwook Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unit cell includes an electrode positioned between a first separator and a separator in a stack. A first adhesive is positioned between the electrode and at least one of the first and second separat...