ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,081, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pressing short-circuit inspector and pressing short-circuit inspection method for battery cell" was invented by Dae Hyeoung Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Jea Gyeong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyong Su Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressing short-circuit inspector for a battery cell includes a plurality of plates disposed so that a distance therebetween is adjustable; a lifter slidably coupled to each of the plates to ascend and descend vertically from an upper end of the plate; an interleaving support that is provided...