ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,224,401, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA MOTORS Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method of manufacturing lithium ion secondary battery" was invented by Sang Mok Park (Gwangju-si, South Korea), Jin Hee Lee (Changwon-si, South Korea), Se Young Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hui Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Shin Kook Kong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery includes an unwinder supplying a current collector to be coated to a predetermined position, a coating device coating a coating liquid on the cu...