ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,861, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Automatic supply system of bolt and nut for battery pack assembly" was invented by In Seop Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Cheol Yung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ju Young Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seung Kyun Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic bolt and nut supply system is configured to automatically supply bolts and nuts necessary for each step as much as necessary by type at the time of assembly of a battery pack, the automatic bolt and nut supply system including a plurality of feeders configured to store an...