ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,771, issued on June 2, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Yong Chan Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dong Hyuk Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Bo Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Mun Ho Nam (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jeong Won Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap plate sealing the case; and an insulating member between the electrode assembly and the cap plate, and a relationship of M/E=R1 is satisfied, where M is a melting point (deg C.) of the insul...