ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,965, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cylindrical battery, battery pack and vehicle" was invented by Yong-Hwan Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong-Wook Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji-Young Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Ju-Nam Son (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seo-Hyeon Chae (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical battery includes an electrode assembly and a cylindrical battery housing. The electrode assembly includes a core and an outer circumference. The cylindrical battery includes a first fan-shaped region and a second fan-shaped region. The first fan-shaped re...