US Patent Issued to LG Energy Solution on Feb. 17 for "Pouch-shaped battery case shaping apparatus including volatile lubricant supply unit and method using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,815, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pouch-shaped battery case shaping apparatus including volatile lubricant supply unit and method using the same" was invented by Ho June Chi (Daejeon, South Korea), Hang June Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong Oh Moon (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyu Hyun Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jin Hak Kong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pouch-shaped battery case shaping apparatus includes a die having an open recess sized to correspond to an electrode assembly, a punch configured to draw a sheet into the open recess and thereby shape the...