ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,217, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Rechargeable battery" was invented by Seunghee Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Soo-Mi Eo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeawoan Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Youngkwang Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present invention is to provide a rechargeable battery that implements a high output of an electrode assembly by reducing electrical resistance at a connection portion of a uncoated portion and a lead tab. A rechargeable battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode assembl...