ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,045, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Composite current collector, electrode plate and electrochemical device" was invented by Xiaobing Yang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite current collector includes a base body, a first connecting layer and a first conductive layer, the first connecting layer bonds the first conductive layer to a first surface of the base body; a first passivation layer is formed on one surface of the first conductive layer facing toward the first connecting layer. the first passivation layer may prevent an electrolyte from contacting the f...