US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on May 20 for "Secondary battery and battery pack including the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,398, issued on May 20, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery and battery pack including the same" was invented by Soon Hyung Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery has a short-circuit part accommodated in the exterior and electrical conductivity is attached to the separator in the electrode assembly. The short-circuit part is spaced apart from the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode tab at a temperature less than a predetermined temperature, and the short-circuit part is in contact with the positive electrode tab and the negative electrode...