ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,873, issued on June 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Lithium secondary battery" was invented by Hyeri Eom (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungjae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sol Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Da-Un Han (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery comprising: a current collector comprising a structure in a fabric form in which fiber bundles are cross-woven, wherein each of the fiber bundles is formed of sets of fiber yarns and each of the fiber yarns includes a polymer fiber and a metal layer surrounding the polymer f...