ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,237, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Rechargeable battery" was invented by Jun Ho Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youmee Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seungjun Myoung (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeongho Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Byongchul Woo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a rechargeable battery including: an electrode assembly wound with a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode; a first exterior material including an opening receiving the electrode assembly and facing a bottom side of the electrode assembly; a second exterio...