ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,492, issued on June 17, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Winding device, winding apparatus and winding method" was invented by Xiaowei Zhang (Ningde, China), Zhiwen Wang (Ningde, China), Wei Zhang (Ningde, China), Xiang Wu (Ningde, China), Yuqian Wen (Ningde, China), Minghao Tang (Ningde, China) and Shengwu Zhang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winding device includes a pair of outer pins oppositely arranged in a first direction with a periphery for an electrode assembly to wind around, adjusting members configured to reciprocate in a second direction perpendicular to the ...