US Patent Issued to LG Energy Solution on March 11 for "Electrode assembly having enhanced safety and lithium secondary battery comprising same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,720, issued on March 11, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly having enhanced safety and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Hye Ran Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly of the present invention comprises a cathode active material layer, a cathode current collector, a separator, an anode current collector, and an anode active material layer, which are stacked in order, wherein the current collectors have a plurality of through-holes formed to allow communication between the upper surface and the lower surface of the current...