ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,196, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Adhesive layer coating unit, electrode assembly manufacturing apparatus comprising same, and electrode assembly manufacturing method" was invented by Hyeok Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Seong Won Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Jun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Su Taek Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an adhesive layer coating unit configured to continuously apply an adhesive layer having a first width in a longitudinal direction of a first separator. The adhesive layer coating unit comprises...