ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,579, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Battery, battery pack, and automobile" was invented by Shichao Hu (Shenzhen, China) and Mingming Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes a housing and multiple electrode core assemblies in the housing. The electrode core assemblies are connected. Each electrode core assembly includes an encapsulation film and an electrode core arranged in an accommodating cavity defined by the encapsulation film. An insulating spacer is arranged between two connected electrode core assemblies and has a through hole. The electrode core assembly ...