ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,335, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Device for heating battery cell and method of heating battery cell using the same" was invented by Sung Woo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for heating a battery cell including an electrode assembly accommodated in a case and an electrode lead connected to the electrode assembly and having at least a portion disposed outside of the case includes a cell fixing portion in which at least one battery cell is disposed; and a heating unit configured to partially supply thermal energy to the battery cell, wherein the heating unit ...