US Patent Issued to SK On on March 3 for "Rechargeable battery" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,630, issued on March 3, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rechargeable battery" was invented by Seung Hun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Suk Chan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Yea Eun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Soo Jy Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea) and Se Hwan Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator, a case accommodating the electrode assembly and having both ends open, a first cap plate coupled to one end of the case, a second cap plate coupled to the other end of the case, a ...