US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on June 17 for "Laser notching apparatus for cutting of electrode sheets" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,239, issued on June 17, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Laser notching apparatus for cutting of electrode sheets" was invented by Paul John Bojanowski (Macomb Township, Mich.), Hannah Bever (South Lyon, Mich.), Andrew William Sherman (Commerce Township, Mich.), Michael Orr (Ferndale, Mich.) and Paul Andrew Pierzecki (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for cutting electrode sheets includes a conveyor and a laser device. The conveyor is configured to move an original sheet including an electrode portion and an ear portion extending from an edge of the electrode portion. The la...