ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,301, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Battery module" was invented by Jinrong Cai (Fujian, China), Kaiqin Yu (Fujian, China), Shoulong Wang (Fujian, China), Yadong Jiang (Fujian, China), Jihua Yao (Fujian, China) and Mu Qian (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a battery module. The battery module includes a plurality of batteries, a thermal conduction plate, and a temperature sensing element. The plurality of batteries are arranged in a length direction. The thermal conduction plate is located between the adjacent batteries and fits the batteries....