ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,579, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Misalignment detection method and apparatus for battery tabs, and battery electrode plate winding system" was invented by Zhipeng Chen (Ningde, China), Chao Chen (Ningde, China), Wenjun Xue (Ningde, China), Tao Feng (Ningde, China) and Lin Ma (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A misalignment detection method and apparatus for battery tabs, and a battery electrode plate winding system, are disclosed. The method includes winding a battery electrode plate onto a winding shaft. For an Nth layer (where N is an integer greater th...