ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,007, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Electrode stacking apparatus" was invented by Nobuhira Abe (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode stacking apparatus provided with a planar motor device (B) comprised of a flat plate-shaped stator (50) and a plurality of movers (40) able to move on a flat surface (51) of the stator in any direction along the flat surface (51) and able to rotate about a perpendicular axis of the flat surface (51) in a state magnetically floating from the flat surface (51). When stacking a new sheet-shaped electrode (1) held by an electrode conveyor device...