ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,959, issued on May 27, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Secondary battery comprising insulation member" was invented by Xichen Wei (Ningde, China), Baojian Zhu (Ningde, China), Shoujiang Xu (Ningde, China) and Lei Chen (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, a housing, a top cover assembly, a current collecting member, and an insulation member. The electrode assembly is accommodated in the housing and includes a body portion and a first tab. The first tab extends from one end of the body portion in a transver...