US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on Oct. 7 for "Binder resin composition and separator for electrochemical device comprising the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,232, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Binder resin composition and separator for electrochemical device comprising the same" was invented by Myeong-Soo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Su-Jin Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binder resin composition comprising polyvinyl pyrrolidone-polyvinyl acetate block copolymer (PVP-co-PVAc). When introducing the binder resin composition to the porous coating layer of a separator for an electrochemical device, there an effect of significantly improving binding characteristics and heat resistance/safety."

The patent was filed...