ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,556, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Hee Myeong Son (Yongin-si, South Korea), Joon Hong Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jin Hwan Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Kwang Soo Seo (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode substrate tab and a second electrode substrate tab; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; strip terminals electrically connected to the first electrode substrate tab and the second electrode substrate tab, respectively, and extending to an ...