ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,379, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Side surface inspection device of cylindrical battery" was invented by Jiwon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Young Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seung Gyun Hong (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side surface inspection device is provided for a cylindrical battery having a side surface defining first to fourth areas. The side surface inspection device includes a first light to emit light toward the side surface of the cylindrical battery; a plurality of mirrors having a first to fourth mirrors that each reflect light emitted ...