ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,876, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Current blocking structure applied to pouch type secondary battery" was invented by Jin Hak Kong (Seoul, South Korea), Yong Seok Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dong Yeon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is a pouch type secondary battery including an electrode assembly in which one or more positive electrode plates and negative electrode plates are stacked, an electrode tap that extends from the electrode assembly, an electrode lead bondingly connected to the electrode tap, and a pouch exterior that surrounds and s...