ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,501, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Module pressurization device and pressurization method therefor" was invented by Jifeng Wang (Ningde, China), Guoxi Bai (Ningde, China) and Anwei Jing (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module pressurization device includes a conveying line, a pressurization apparatus, and a control apparatus. The conveying line passes through a pressurization station and is configured to convey a battery module. The pressurization apparatus is arranged corresponding to the pressurization station and includes a jacking and supporting mechan...