ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,806, issued on June 9, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly and secondary battery including the same" was invented by Gilsang Son (Daejeon, South Korea), Dongyeon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jinhak Kong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly according to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a unit cell including a positive electrode plate, a separator and a negative electrode plate, an electrode tab that is protruded from at least one of the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, and an electrode lead that is ...