ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,182, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery, and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Jong Su Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), Taek Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Ho Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Shin Wook Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Young Gon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a carbon-based negative electrode active material and a silicon-based negative electrode active material together as a negative electrode active material. The negative electro...