US Patent Issued to LG Chem on July 7 for "Lithium secondary battery" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,307, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lithium secondary battery" was invented by Yeilin Ham (Daejeon, South Korea), Seokhyun Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoon Jae Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jongmin Roh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery. Since the lithium secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes a lithium transition metal oxide having a stabilized lattice structure with a hetero-element introduced therein, gas generation during charging and discharging can be suppressed, and improved safety and...