ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,560, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Powder transfer system" was invented by Woong Ju Bang (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Pil Koo (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Jong Shin (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jae Huoung Son (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The powder transfer system includes a transfer pipe, through which powder is transferred, having a plurality of sections along the powder transfer direction, a plurality of sensing units provided for each section of the transfer pipe and provided to detect vibration of the transfer pipe when the powder is transferred for each se...