ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,517, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Electrode assembly, method and system for manufacturing same, battery cell, battery, and electrical device" was invented by Hong Wang (Ningde, China), Jiang Liu (Ningde, China) and Xiaomei Liu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly includes first and second electrode plate having opposite polarities, and a separator separating the first and second electrode plates. The first electrode plate includes two first stack sections and a bend section connecting the first stack sections and including a guide port...