ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,302, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Rechargeable battery and pack of the same" was invented by Hyun-Soo Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeong-Won Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sang-Shin Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention provides a rechargeable battery which makes placement of the electrode assembly in the case during assembly easy. The rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a separator, and a second electrode, a case housing the electrode assembly and having an opening in a plane par...