ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,940, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Gaia Vision Inc. (Suwon, South Korea).

"X-ray imaging apparatus and method for inspecting defects of cylindrical battery" was invented by TaeJune Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Keunho Rew (Suwon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery defect inspection system includes a support device for supporting a plurality of cylindrical batteries; a first transfer unit configured to transfer the cylindrical batteries to the support device; a second transfer unit configured to discharge the cylindrical batteries from the support device; a first rail along which the first and second transfer un...