ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,401, issued on May 26, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Rechargeable lithium battery" was invented by Kwang-Jo Cheong (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yong-Beom Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Myung-Ro Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Su-Min Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a rechargeable lithium battery including a positive electrode including a positive active material; a negative electrode including a negative active material; an electrolyte solution including a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent; and a separator between the positive and the negative electrode...