ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,496, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Secondary battery, preparation method thereof, and battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing such secondary battery" was invented by Erling Li (Ningde, China), Meng Kang (Ningde, China), Baida Deng (Ningde, China) and Libing He (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery, a preparation method thereof, and a battery module, a battery pack, and an apparatus containing such secondary battery are provided. In some embodiments, the secondary battery includes a negative-electrode plate, where the negat...