ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,121, issued on May 6, was assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"End cover assembly, housing assembly, battery cell, battery, and electric equipment" was invented by Xinxiang Chen (Ningde, China), Shoujun Huang (Ningde, China), Yulian Zheng (Ningde, China), Peng Wang (Ningde, China), Wei Li (Ningde, China) and Chengdu Liang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end cover assembly includes: an end cover with a through hole for injecting electrolyte and a first clamping portion, wherein the first clamping portion is disposed along a circumferential direction of the through hole and is loca...