ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,440, issued on July 15, was assigned to HITHIUM TECH HK Ltd. (HongKong, China).

"Preparation method of current collector assembly, current collector assembly, battery cell, and battery pack" was invented by Long Zhou (Fujian, China), Congmiao Wu (Fujian, China), Min Guo (Fujian, China) and Jinhua Lan (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a preparation method of a current collector assembly, a current collector assembly, a battery cell, and a battery pack. The preparation method of the current collector assembly includes: abutting the at least one of the connection plate or the protection plate having the protrusi...