ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,853, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery and battery module" was invented by Han Young Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery may include an electrode assembly formed by alternately stacking an electrode and a separator; a battery case; a plurality of electrode tabs, each of which protrudes from the electrode assembly; a plurality of electrode leads, each of which has one end connected to the electrode tab and the other end protruding outward; a piezoelectric element which is disposed to the outside of a cup portion of the battery ca...