ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,146, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery, and battery pack and vehicle comprising the same" was invented by Geon-Woo Min (Daejeon, South Korea), Hae-Jin Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Do-Gyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwang-Su Hwangbo (Daejeon, South Korea), Min-Ki Jo (Daejeon, South Korea), Bo-Hyun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Su-Ji Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae-Won Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hak-Kyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Je-Jun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ji-Min Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes an electrode assembly includ...