ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,027, issued on July 8, was assigned to JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Winding shaft, cell manufacturing apparatus, and cell manufacturing method" was invented by Xiaowei Zhang (Changzhou, China), Jiang Lin (Changzhou, China), Minghao Tang (Changzhou, China), Wenfa Lin (Changzhou, China), Zhenqiang Cui (Changzhou, China) and Shengwu Zhang (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a winding shaft, a cell manufacturing apparatus, and a cell manufacturing method. The winding shaft is used for winding plates and includes: a winding shaft body including a first winding surface; an adjus...