ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,949, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Jig for evaluating safety of secondary battery" was invented by Sung Kwan Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Duk Hyun Ryu (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jig for evaluating stability of a battery cell includes a jig part including first and second terminal pins configured to come into contact with external terminals of the battery cell, and a plate positioned to face the jig part and configured to support the battery cell, in which the jig part includes the first and second terminal pins configured to come into contact with the batt...