ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,367, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fatigue testing apparatus for metallic foil and method using same" was invented by Ki Tae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyung Kyun Yu (Daejeon, South Korea), Ki Hoon Paeng (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Myeon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a metal foil fatigue test apparatus and a metal foil fatigue test method using the same. The metal foil fatigue test apparatus includes: a metal foil moving unit including an unwinding roll, from which a metal foil is unwound, a plurality of guide rolls ...