ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,275, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly including plastic member applied to electrode tabs-lead coupling portion and secondary battery including the same" was invented by Chan Woo Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwan Hong Bae (Daejeon, South Korea) and Byung Soo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly has a structure in which a plurality of electrodes, from each of which an electrode tab protrudes, is stacked, wherein the electrodes are coupled to each other by welding the electrode tabs to each other, the electrode tabs are coupled to...