ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,636, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Power transmission unit for electrode cutting apparatuses" was invented by Hyeon Jin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sin Young Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hyeuk Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Wook Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission unit for electrode cutting apparatuses includes a lift block, an upper frame, a connection shaft, and an elastic member. The lift block includes a structure configured to be mounted to a main frame so as to be movable upwards and downwards. An upper cutter holder is mounte...