ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,298, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Defective porous sheet detection system and detection method" was invented by Won-Sik Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang-Min Kwak (Daejeon, South Korea) and Joo-Sung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting a defective porous sheet includes a jig having a through-hole, a heating unit, a temperature sensor, a controlling unit, an air permeability-determining unit and a judging unit. In this manner, it is possible to provide a novel system for detecting a porous sheet, which may be a defective separator after being ...