ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,524, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly, secondary battery, battery pack and vehicle including the same" was invented by Kwan-Hee Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Duk-Hyun Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is an electrode assembly having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator wound around a winding axis, wherein the positive electrode or the negative electrode includes a current collector that has sheet-shape and having a long side and a short side and has an uncoated portion at an end of the long side, wherein the un...