ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,542, issued on June 16, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Riveting structure of electrode terminal, and secondary battery, battery pack, and automobile comprising same" was invented by Jaewoong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Do Gyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwang Su Hwang Bo (Daejeon, South Korea), Geon Woo Min (Daejeon, South Korea), Minki Jo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Suji Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A riveting structure of an electrode terminal includes a battery can, an electrode terminal riveted through a through-hole formed in a bottom of the battery can, and a gasket b...