ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,368, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Battery assembly and electronic device including the same" was invented by Daum Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sangin Baek (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Seunghoon Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electronic device which includes an adhesive member interposed between a housing and a battery and including at least one adhesive layer in absence of a base or substrate, a first adhesive cover member interposed between the adhesive member and the battery, to surround a portion of the battery, such tha...