ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,600, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Electrode assembly, battery cell, battery, and electrical device" was invented by Manman Wang (Ningde, China), Yiheng Wang (Ningde, China), Xiaoming Ge (Ningde, China), Zhengfang Zhang (Ningde, China) and Yulei Fan (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrical device are described. The battery cell includes a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate. The negative electrode plate includes a porous current collector and a first tab connected to at lea...