ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,580, issued on July 21, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery cell insulation test apparatus and method using the same" was invented by Jeong Joo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tak Kyung Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery cell insulation test apparatus In an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a first probe portion disposed to be in contact with a case of a secondary battery cell; a second probe portion disposed to be contact with an electrode tab of the secondary battery cell; and a tester for measuring insulation resistance of the secondary ba...