US Patent Issued to LG Energy Solution on April 14 for "Seam welding structure of battery can, current collecting plate, and cap and battery cell using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,397, issued on April 14, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Seam welding structure of battery can, current collecting plate, and cap and battery cell using the same" was invented by Jeongho Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Dongsung Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Sungmin Cho (Daejeon, South Korea) and Taerim Hong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell includes: a can with an electrode assembly received therein, in which the can has a bottom member, a sidewall member connected to the bottom member and extending upwardly therefrom in an axial direction, and a cap covering an open end ...