US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on Oct. 7 for "Cylindrical battery and battery pack including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,240, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cylindrical battery and battery pack including the same" was invented by Ju Nam Son (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jung Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cylindrical battery in which electrode assembly is built into a battery case, wherein a top cap is mounted at the upper part of the electrode assembly, the top cap and the electrode assembly are electrically connected by a positive electrode tab, and the positive electrode tab includes an extension portion protruding from the folded portion of the positive elect...