ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,307, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Battery module, battery pack, device and failure processing method" was invented by Xuan Chen (Ningde, China) and Zengzhong Wang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present application relate to a battery module, a battery pack, a device and a failure processing method. The battery module includes: a plurality of battery units for series connection, where after the battery module fails, the plurality of battery units include a failed battery unit and at least one unfailed battery unit adjacent to the faile...