ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,364, issued on July 7, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Rechargeable battery" was invented by Jong-Ha Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youmee Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Byoungmin Chun (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the present invention is to provide a rechargeable battery that increases capacity and facilitates connection of the lead tab to the electrode terminal by reducing the thickness at which the electrode terminal is installed. A rechargeable battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an electrode assembly formed by disposing and ...