ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,182, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for manufacturing electrode assembly, electrode assembly manufactured therethrough, and secondary battery" was invented by Woong Ki Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Don Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Uk Yeo (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for manufacturing an electrode assembly according to the present invention includes a conveyor configured to allow an electrode to travel; and a cutter configured to cut the traveling electrode to a predetermined size, wherein the cutter comprises: an upper cutting ...