ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,658, issued on March 3, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Sung Min Chu (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jae Won Lim (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a negative electrode, a positive electrode tab protruding to a first side, a negative electrode tab protruding to a second side, and a through-hole; an upper can having a flat planar portion and a circumferential portion protruding in a vertical direction along an edge of the flat planar portion; a lower can having a flat planar portion and a circumferen...