ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,194, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pouch-shaped battery sealing apparatus including stopper and pouch-shaped battery sealing method using the same" was invented by Jae Ho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Su Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Hun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pouch-shaped battery sealing apparatus including a stopper capable of adjusting a thickness after sealing in a process of sealing the outer edge of a battery case made of a laminate sheet by applying heat and pressure thereto when a pouch-shaped bat...