ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,582, issued on June 17, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Upper cover assembly and battery pack" was invented by Haihua Huang (Ningde, China) and Zequan Lu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to the technical field of energy storage devices, and in particular, to an upper cover assembly and a battery pack. The upper cover assembly includes: an upper cover body, including a top plate and a side plate connected to an outer periphery of the top plate, wherein an exhaust vent is provided in the side plate; and an exhaust unit, including a first exhaust unit a...