ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,735, issued on June 23, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Arc welding device for secondary battery, and welding method using the same" was invented by Jung Hyun Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Su Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Beom Seok Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyuk Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arc welding device for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper fixing portion in which a plurality of welding electrode units connected to one pole of a welding power are disposed and a lower fixing portion disposed to face the...