ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,424, issued on July 15, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery transporting apparatus" was invented by Dong-Hee Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sung-Guk Hong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a battery transporting apparatus including a frame member for supporting a battery cell; a pair of electrode lead support members movably mounted to the frame member to be adjustable in a length direction of the battery cell among length, width and thickness directions of the battery cell and for supporting electrode leads of the battery cell, respectively; a lengthwise rotary shaft ...