ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,235, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery and device including the same" was invented by Soodong Noh (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwan Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jeahyeok Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electrode assembly; a battery case that houses the electrode assembly; and a cap assembly that is coupled to an open upper part of the battery case. The cap assembly comprises a current interrupt device (CID); a safety vent located on the current interrupt devic...