ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,009, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Moo Ryong Baek (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes a bare cell including an electrode assembly, an electrode tab drawn upwardly from the electrode assembly, and a pouch surrounding the electrode assembly, the electrode tab being exposed to an outside through the pouch, a protection circuit module (PCM) connected to the electrode tab, a case holder disposed between the pouch and the PCM to support the PCM, a case top on the bare cell, the PCM and the case holder being ...