ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,868, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Electrode assembly, and electrochemical apparatus and electronic apparatus including such electrode assembly" was invented by Ying Shao (Fujian, China) and Yibo Zhang (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly includes an electrode plate and an embedded tab provided on the electrode plate. A spinning layer is provided on a surface of the electrode plate, the spinning layer covers the surface of the electrode plate and is in contact with the surface of the electrode plate, and the surface of the electrode plate includes a ...