ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,814, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Material transferring apparatus for battery manufacturing" was invented by Hwa Sun Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Yeon Je Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Yeon Ho Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dong Ik Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material transferring apparatus for battery manufacturing includes a support unit having a support region for supporting a moving object and having a first contact surface, a moving unit having a second contact surface in contact with the support unit and moving the support unit, and coupling units provided ...