US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Dec. 9 for "Clamping jig and a welding system including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,589, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Clamping jig and a welding system including the same" was invented by Jongmin Park (Ulsan, South Korea), Dong Ho Kwak (Ulsan, South Korea), Young Seok Lee (Ulsan, South Korea) and Junhyeok Bae (Ulsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping jig may include a support base movably provided in a conveyor, a central base on which a battery module assembly is seated in an upper portion of the support base, a front jig configured to pressurize and support the battery module assembly from a front side, a rear j...