ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,729, issued on March 11, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Taping apparatus and method for secondary battery" was invented by Gil Yong Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Joo Hyung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A taping apparatus for a secondary battery, configured to adhere an adhesive member cut and provided as a single sheet to a secondary battery cell including an accommodating portion in which an electrode assembly is accommodated and a sealing portion folded in a direction of the accommodating portion and sealing an edge of the accommodating portion, includes a support unit supporting...