ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,526, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SUNGWOO HITECH Co. LTD. (Busan, South Korea).

"Core for assembling cross member of battery case and core mounting jig" was invented by Sung Man Sohn (Yangsan-si, South Korea) and Youngrock Song (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a core for assembling a cross member of a battery case. A core for assembling a cross member of a battery case is insertable into a closed section in a longitudinal direction of the cross member to laser-weld at least one part to be assembled to the cross member of the battery case with the closed section. The core may include: a first cor...