ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,894, issued on April 22, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Welding rod inspection apparatus for measuring whether welding rod is normal and inspection method using the same" was invented by Ji Woo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Heung Kun Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Ho Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyeong Min Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is a welding rod inspection apparatus for measuring whether a welding rod is deformed and an inspection method using the same, and more particularly a welding rod inspection apparatus including a plurality of measures configured to ...