ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,612, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly" was invented by Hyun Gyu Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly may have improved rigidity by including a structure in which a negative electrode having separators disposed on both surfaces thereof is bent in a zigzag shape, and a plurality of positive electrodes are individually inserted inside separators bent together with the negative electrode, thereby realizing high safety of the battery. Further, the electrode assembly of the present invention may prevent an end portion of an inserted ...