ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,101, issued on July 21, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Secondary battery and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Eui Kwang Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeong Wook Yi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Ki Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seong Bong Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure includes a case for accommodating an electrode assembly in an internal accommodating space, a cap plate, a first terminal inserted into the cap plate in a first direction, and bent at an inner surface of the ...