ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,825, issued on May 13, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Battery, battery module, battery pack, and electric vehicle" was invented by Long He (Shenzhen, China), Huajun Sun (Shenzhen, China), Shichao Hu (Shenzhen, China), Wansong Yuan (Shenzhen, China) and Yan Zhu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery, a battery module, a battery pack, and an electric vehicle are provided. The battery includes a metal shell and a plurality of electrode core assemblies sealed in the metal shell and arranged in sequence. The electrode core assemblies are connected in series. Each of the electrode core assemblies includ...