ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,700, issued on March 24, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode connection apparatus and electrode connection automation method using the same" was invented by Young Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hong Ju Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seung Hoo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an electrode connection apparatus including a transfer unit configured to transfer a start portion of a standby electrode roll in a state of gripping the start portion, a leading unit configured to move upwards in a state of grippi...