ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,493, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Lithiation device" was invented by Yongqiang Xu (Ningde, China), Xinlu Fei (Ningde, China), Bin Xie (Ningde, China), Shitong Chen (Ningde, China), Keqiang Li (Ningde, China), Tao Feng (Ningde, China) and Fenggang Zhao (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application discloses a lithiation device for applying a lithium film on an electrode plate. The lithiation device includes: a rolling mechanism including a first roller and a second roller, the two rollers configured to roll the electrode plate and the lithium film to...