US Patent Issued to LG Energy Solution on Sept. 9 for "Foreign substance detection device and detection method" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,094, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Foreign substance detection device and detection method" was invented by Jeong Ho Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Eun Ho Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tae Su Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A debris detection apparatus and a debris detection method, capable of easily detecting a metal debris existing on the surface of an inspection target by emitting electromagnetic waves having a wavelength in a far-infrared band toward the inspection target during a battery manufacturing process and then analyzing the characteristics of ref...