ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,222, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Secondary battery and electrode plate" was invented by Zige Zhang (Ningde, China), Wei Li (Ningde, China), Jing Li (Ningde, China), Qingrui Xue (Ningde, China), Miao Jiang (Ningde, China), Yuqian Wen (Ningde, China) and Long Wang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode plate includes an active material layer, a current collector including an insulating layer and first and second conductive layers sandwiching the insulating layer, and a conductive structure. The conductive structure includes a first conductive member...