ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,164, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of battery cell activation using activation tray" was invented by So Hee Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Nak Gi Sung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Joon Sung Bae (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery charging method includes a step for introducing a plurality of battery cells onto an activation tray and CC-charging the battery cells; and a step for connecting the plurality of battery cells in parallel. The charging method shortens the time typically required for CV-charging by connecting battery cells in parallel a...