ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,702, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Magnet orientation device and magnet" was invented by Gyujong Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Sangjoon Eum (Seoul, South Korea), Songe Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jeonghyun Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyungho Ha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnet orientation device includes an upper plate disposed on a magnet raw material, a lower plate disposed below the magnet raw material, and dies disposed on sides of the magnet raw material. The upper plate has a convex upward arc shape. The upper plate includes a first magnetic region and a f...