ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,278, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Battery cell weld portion inspection apparatus and battery cell weld portion inspection method using the same" was invented by Jun Young Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Ho Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Choon Kwon Kang (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell weld portion inspection apparatus may include a coupling portion configured to be coupled to a connection member coupled to a weld portion of a battery cell, a shaft including a lower end coupled to the coupling portion, a spring disposed around an outer surface of t...