ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,658, issued on April 7, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery, battery pack, and automobile" was invented by Minki Jo (Daejeon, South Korea), Do Gyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwang Su Hwang Bo (Daejeon, South Korea), Geon Woo Min (Daejeon, South Korea), Suji Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Bohyun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab, a battery can electrically connected to the second electrode tab and having an opening portion accommodating the electrode assembly...