ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,536, issued on June 16, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode lead made of dissimilar metals and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Ju Hwan Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyoung Suk Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Soon Chang Hong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an electrode lead made of dissimilar metals and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly to an electrode lead including a first metal plate and a second metal plate, wherein a first metal constituting the first metal plate and second metals having a lower melti...