ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,321, issued on April 15, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus for manufacturing a cell" was invented by Hong Seok Shim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yoong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is an apparatus for manufacturing a cell, the apparatus including: a center electrode reel from which a center electrode is to be unwound; a first heater configured to apply radiant heat to the unwound center electrode; an upper separator reel from which an upper separator to be laminated on a top surface of the center electrode is to be unwound; a lower separator reel from which a lo...