ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,218, issued on July 22, was assigned to NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Ningde, China).
"Electrode assembly including at least three tabs and battery" was invented by Hongwei Hu (Ningde, China), Jiao Tian (Ningde, China) and Yujiang Xu (Ningde, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly, including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator. The electrode assembly is formed by winding the first electrode plate, the separator, and the second electrode plate. A first tab formed by a plurality of first tab units and a second tab formed by a plurality of second tab units are disposed on the first el...