US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on Sept. 23 for "Device and method for inspecting lithium precipitation in battery cell" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,403, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for inspecting lithium precipitation in battery cell" was invented by Su Hyun Yun (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyo Sun An (Daejeon, South Korea) and Bum Young Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for inspecting lithium precipitation may form a magnetic field around a battery cell to be inspected to induce an eddy current and may compare measured impedance of the battery cell with standard data to detect lithium plating in the battery cell, thereby providing high stability and reliability."...