ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,136, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Electrode plate forming apparatus" was invented by Shitong Chen (Ningde, China), Bin Xie (Ningde, China), Yi Lu (Ningde, China), Xinlu Fei (Ningde, China), Keqiang Li (Ningde, China) and Fenggang Zhao (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode plate forming apparatus includes an unwinding device, a lithium replenishment device, a plurality of winding devices and a protection device. The lithium replenishment device is configured to clad a lithium strip to a surface of a master electrode plate body and form a master e...