ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,105, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for removing residual electrolyte from a secondary battery" was invented by Tae Yoon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Woo Hyuk Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Bong Geun Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Young Ho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seung Man Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Suk Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jun Ho Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jun Hwan Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus configured to remove a residual electrolyte from a beading part of a case of a cylindrical sec...