ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,599, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly preventing internal short, secondary battery comprising the same, battery module and battery pack" was invented by Jae Sik Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Hee Gyoung Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Joo Wan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tae Il Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary embodiment in the present disclosure relates to an electrode assembly capable of suppressing the occurrence of a short of a battery including an insulation film, a secondary battery including the electrode assembly, a battery module, ...