ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,217, issued on July 22, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Secondary battery and battery module" was invented by Quankun Li (Ningde, China), Peng Wang (Ningde, China), Taosheng Zhu (Ningde, China) and Baisong Chen (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery includes: a shell having an opening; an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator; a cap assembly including a cap plate and a first electrode terminal; a lower insulator located at a side...