ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,687, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery cell, and battery module, battery pack and vehicle including the same" was invented by Kyoung-Soon Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), Seok-Je Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong-Tae Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyun-Sang Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell includes an electrode assembly including a cell body and an electrode tab provided to at least one side of the cell body, a cell case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, an electrode lead coupled to the electrode tab and extending from ...