ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,243, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Separator having an inorganic layer including a low-density binder with improved adhesive force for secondary batteries" was invented by Yeo Ju Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), So Mi Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Da Kyung Han (Daejeon, South Korea) and Min Ji Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator for a secondary battery having improved force of binding to an electrode, and more particularly a separator for a secondary battery including a porous polymer separator substrate and an inorganic layer on at least one surface of ...