ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,686, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Gun Gue Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyun Ki Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery including a cylindrical can, an electrode assembly in the cylindrical can and including a plurality of first substrate tabs extending from one side of the electrode assembly along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical can, and a plurality of second substrate tabs extending from an opposite side of the electrode assembly along the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical can; a...