ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,974, issued on May 12, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Woo Hyuk Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sung Gwi Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea), Myung Seob Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Ki Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Gwan Hyeon Yu (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes: a cylindrical case; an electrode assembly accommodated in the cylindrical case and including a positive electrode and a negative electrode; and a cap assembly sealing the cylindrical case. The cap assembly includes: a cap-up electrically connected to the posit...