ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,139, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A. IN SIGLA IMA S.P.A. (Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy).

"Method and line for filling containers of electrochemical cells and battery production method" was invented by Filippo Furlotti (Frazione Cazzola, Italy), Lorenzo Maldarelli (Bologna, Italy) and Valter Monari (Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of filling containers of electrochemical cells includes: filling with electrolyte a plurality of filling units, and coupling each filling unit to a respective container, thus forming a unitary assembly for transferring the el...