ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,340, issued on March 18, was assigned to Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. (Changzhou, China).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Jianxiong Yang (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a secondary battery including: a cap assembly including a cap plate including an electrode lead-out hole and an electrode terminal disposed on the cap plate; a current collector including a main body located at a side of the cap plate and an extending portion extending toward the electrode terminal, where the extending portion includes a top plate connected to the electrode terminal and a side plate connect...