ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,151, issued on July 28, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rechargeable battery and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Jongin Son (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jeeeun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly; a battery case for receiving the electrode assembly and including an opened upper portion; and a cap assembly combined to the opened upper portion of the battery case. The cap assembly includes a safety vent, and a CID filter disposed below the safety vent. The safety vent is exposed to an outside at an upper portion, a ven...