ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,024, issued on March 4, was assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Top cover assembly and secondary battery" was invented by Shoujun Huang (Ningde, China), Yuanbao Chen (Ningde, China), Huasheng Su (Ningde, China) and Peng Wang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a top cover assembly and a secondary battery. The top cover assembly includes: a top cover plate including a lead-out hole and an inside surface forming the lead-out hole; an electrode terminal including a cylindrical portion penetrating the lead-out hole and an annular flange, the annular flang...