ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,609, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for assembling cell block of battery" was invented by Kyung Mo Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an apparatus and method for assembling a cell block of a battery. The apparatus includes an upstream assembly unit configured to assemble a two-cell body from at least two cells, and a midstream assembly unit configured to receive a first two-cell body and a second two-cell body, assembled by the upstream assembly unit, from the upstream assembly unit, and to assemb...