ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,334, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Electrode assembly, battery cell, battery and electrical device" was invented by Yuyong Lei (Ningde, China), Peng Wang (Ningde, China) and Zhijun Guo (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly is provided and includes: a first electrode sheet comprising a first flat and straight portion and a first tab connected to an end portion of the first flat and straight portion along a first direction; a second electrode sheet comprising a second flat and straight portion, the first flat and straight portion and the sec...