ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,008, issued on May 12, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery for testing short circuit, manufacturing method therefor, and battery safety analysis method" was invented by Yongtae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a battery for testing a short circuit, a manufacturing method therefor, and a battery safety analysis method, which manufacture a battery for testing a short circuit, capable of easily switching to an internal short circuit state, and which analyze battery safety by using the battery."

The patent was filed on Sept. 26, 2022, under Appli...