ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,553, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Xiangyan Bu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides a secondary battery, including: a case including an opening; an electrode assembly disposed within the case and including a main body and two tabs, the two tabs being both disposed facing the case; and a cap assembly including a cap plate, a lower insulating member and an explosion-proof valve, the cap plate sealing the opening, the explosion-proof valve being disposed on the cap plate, the lower insulating member be...