US Patent Issued to LG ENERGY SOLUTION on July 21 for "Electrode tab guide apparatus, and electrode tab manufacturing apparatus and electrode assembly manufacturing method using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,100, issued on July 21, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode tab guide apparatus, and electrode tab manufacturing apparatus and electrode assembly manufacturing method using the same" was invented by Dong Geun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ik Joon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode tab guide apparatus configured to press and collect a plurality of electrode tabs protruding from an electrode assembly when the electrode tabs are welded by a welding part includes a first tab guide and a second tab guide configured to move toward the electrode tabs from above and bel...