ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,149, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Assembly, battery cell, battery, and electric apparatus containing same" was invented by Xingyan You (Ningde, China), Yuwen Wang (Ningde, China), Wenlong Bai (Ningde, China), Wei Zheng (Ningde, China), Baozhen Wu (Ningde, China) and Kai Wu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode plate and an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electric apparatus containing the same are provided. The negative electrode plate (10) includes: a negative electrode current collector, having a first surface (10a) ...