ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,234, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Formation device of pouch-type battery cell" was invented by Hyun Woo Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho Jung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Young Woo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the current disclosure may include a formation device of a pouch-type battery cell. The formation device of a pouch-type battery cell may include a charging part configured to charge a battery cell, a loading buffer part, an unloading buffer part, a hole processing part configured to form a discharge h...