ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,530, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Degassing apparatus and degassing method" was invented by Kyu Sung Jung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jun Hyeak Huh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclose herein is a degassing apparatus for a pouch including a body part. The degassing apparatus can include a lower mold placed on a bottom surface of the body part, an upper mold configured to press a top surface of the body part placed on the lower mold, and a cooling member. At least one of the lower mold or the upper mold is cooled by the cooling member to cool an electrolyte i...