ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,269, issued on June 16, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Transfer device" was invented by Dong Whan Shin (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hye Ju Jang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer device is disclosed. The transfer device comprises a transfer rail extending in a longitudinal direction, a carrier movably coupled to the transfer rail in the longitudinal direction of the transfer rail, and a gripper assembly including a gripper module connected to the carrier. The gripper module includes a gripper frame extending in a width direction of the transfer rail and connected to the carrier, a cel...