ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,273, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electrode body-stacking apparatus and electrode body production line" was invented by Shota Ishikawa (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stacking apparatus which is to be disposed downstream of a conveyer that conveys a plurality of electrode bodies and stacks the electrode bodies, the stacking apparatus comprising: a mounting plate disposed obliquely with respect to the electrode bodies conveyed by the conveyer, and on which the electrode bodies are stacked; a first wall section that is erected on the mounting plate and extends along the conveyance dire...