ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,182, issued on July 29, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Connection structure, battery, and power consumption device" was invented by Cong Zhou (Ningde, China), Xiaoteng Huang (Ningde, China) and Jiarong Hong (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection structure includes a male connector, a female connector including a first clamping portion and a through hole for inserting the male connector, a marking member including a second clamping portion configured to be clamped with the first clamping portion, and a locking member installed on the female connector. The locking memb...