ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,116, issued on July 22, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for molding pouch" was invented by Shin Chul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwang Hee Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Chang Min Han (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for molding a pouch includes: a die assembly with a die; a stripper assembly to press and fix both sides of a pouch film disposed on the die; and a punch assembly with a punch to mold an electrode assembly accommodation part in the pouch film. The stripper assembly includes: a stripper disposed at a punch assembly lower portion to press...