ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,450, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Rechargeable battery pack" was invented by Hyun Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Woojin Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rechargeable battery pack may include a battery cell configured to draw out an electrode tab from an electrode assembly accommodated in a pouch, a protection circuit module (PCM) connected to an electrode tab drawn out to a terrace of the pouch and connected to a printed circuit board (PCB) including a protection circuit through a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB). The rechargeable battery pack may ...