ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,840, issued on April 29, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Cylindrical battery cell, battery, electricity consuming device, manufacturing method and manufacturing system" was invented by Kai Wu (Ningde, China), Chengyou Xing (Ningde, China), Wenlong Kang (Ningde, China), Huasheng Su (Ningde, China) and Quankun Li (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical battery cell, a battery, an electricity consuming device, a manufacturing method and a manufacturing system are provided. The cylindrical battery cell includes a shell, including an opening; and an electrode assembly, disp...