ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,741, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Notching apparatus and method of electrode substrate" was invented by Chang Bum Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A notching apparatus and method for an electrode substrate can improve the conventional problem of contamination of an electrode current collector by forming a punching oil supply hole in a punch and applying the punching oil to a wall surface of the punch through the punching oil supply hole, and can also discharge foreign objects generated when punching an electrode through the hole formed in the punch. The notc...