ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,762, issued on July 29, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cylindrical secondary battery comprising improved current collector plate, battery pack and vehicle including the same" was invented by Byoung-Gu Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Duk-Hyun Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kwan-Hee Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator being wound...