ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,201, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Hun Hee Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Hun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Hyeong Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyung Kyun Yu (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery is provided with a pouch, in which a sealing portion formed on an edge of the pouch is sealed when an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are enclosed. The secondary battery includes a valve which is mounted on a sealing portion so that one end of the valve is disposed inside the pouch, and the other end of the val...