ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,816, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for folding battery cell" was invented by Ji Soo Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hyeuk Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ju Hyung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for folding a battery cell according to an embodiment of the present invention may fold a sealing part of a pouch-type battery cell. The apparatus for folding the battery cell includes a base on which an accommodation part of the battery cell is seated, a guide protruding upward from each of both sides of the base to wrap the accom...