US Patent Issued to LG Energy Solution on Oct. 20 for "Foreign matter removal device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,567, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Foreign matter removal device" was invented by Sang Jin Hong (Daejeon, South Korea), Yu Sang Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Guktae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foreign matter removal device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure removes foreign matters on the surface of an electrode that is continuously transferred along one direction, and includes a blowing unit that blows air toward the electrode surface, a suction unit that sucks foreign matters separated from the electrode surface, and an extension ...