US Patent Issued to SK On on July 14 for "Secondary battery" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,255, issued on July 14, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Myeong Seon Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery is disclosed. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly a positive electrode and a negative electrode including an electrode portion in which an electrode mixture layer containing an electrode active material is formed on a portion of an electrode current collector, and an electrode uncoated portion not including the electrode mixture layer. The electrode assembly comprises a converging portion in which an end of the electr...