US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on Sept. 30 for "Side penetration test apparatus for battery cells and battery cell penetration test method using the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,548, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Side penetration test apparatus for battery cells and battery cell penetration test method using the same" was invented by Tae Gyu Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A penetration test apparatus may include a penetration unit having a needle-shaped conductor formed in the shape of a sharp needle, a guide unit configured to push out the penetration unit such that the needle-shaped conductor bores a side of a battery cell, and a holder configured to receive the penetration unit. When the guide unit pushes the penetration unit,...