ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,545, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Electrode roll connection automation apparatus" was invented by Young Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hong Ju Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seung Hoo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode roll connection automation apparatus is configured for uniformly maintaining the width of electrode tabs in a process of connecting electrode sheets to each other and for automatically connecting the electrode sheets to each other. The electrode roll connection automation apparatus includes fir...