ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,683, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Welding device for button-type secondary battery" was invented by Bu Won Son (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Yeong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Won Lim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jeong Ho Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welding device welds an electrode tab protruding from an electrode assembly of a button-type battery to a can of the button-type battery. The welding device includes a base to support a bottom surface of the can when an inner surface of the can faces an upper side, and the...