ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,264, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Sequential pressure formation jig and formation method using same" was invented by Dong Hun Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Joon Sung Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Eui Kyung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Jih Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Suk Hyun Hong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Beom Koon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A formation jig includes a pressing plate configured to press a battery cell, the pressing plate having a first through hole; a pressing support plate configured to support the battery cell when the pressing plate...