ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,113, issued on July 28, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Mandrel for manufacturing electrode assembly of cylindrical secondary battery" was invented by Jae Hyun Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Tae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yu Shik Hong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mandrel for manufacturing an electrode assembly includes a first mandrel member having a semicircular cross-section and a predetermined length, and a second mandrel member configured to define a cylindrical shape of the mandrel by being coupled to the first mandrel member while facing the first mandrel member. A...