ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,527, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Clamping apparatus, battery production line and transfer method" was invented by Kai Wu (Ningde, China), Yule Yang (Ningde, China) and Youshan Wang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamping apparatus, includes: a support assembly including a first driving module and clamping mechanisms disposed on the support assembly and including at least one first clamping mechanism and at least one second clamping mechanism arranged along a first direction. When the clamping apparatus is in a first state, an opening direction of...