ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,176, issued on July 15, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).
"Method and device for cutting electrode foils" was invented by Kartik Jamadar (Wolfsburg, Germany) and Priyanka Gangurde (Nashik, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cutting electrode foils and a device for cutting electrode foils that are intended for use in a battery cell are proposed. The cutting devicecomprises a cutting tool, a vibration device for exciting at least the cutting tool to vibration, and a particle feed line for feeding at least particles. The cutting tool can be arranged above the electrode foil with a separation from a surfa...