ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,842, issued on April 8, was assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Sampling assembly, connection assembly, battery module and vehicle" was invented by Sien Chen (Ningde, China), Shoujiang Xu (Ningde, China) and Xiaoshan Dai (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to a sampling assembly, a connection assembly, a battery module and a vehicle. The sampling assembly is used for a battery module including a busbar. The sampling assembly includes: a sampling circuit board having a predetermined length and a predetermined width; a sampling leg including a first connection por...