ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,773, issued on June 3, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Won Chull Han (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeong Chull Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea), Shin Gun Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sung Soo Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Soo Youn Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chang Wook Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Young Jin Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yu Jin Han (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a secondary battery which includes a sheathing made of a material having an increased thermal ...