ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,920, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. (Ningde, China).
"Battery module" was invented by Pengfei Wang (Dongguan, China) and Jinbing Zhou (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a cell assembly, where a cell in the cell assembly includes a cell body and a tab; and the battery module further includes: a first fastening band, configured to enclose the cell assembly in a thickness direction of the cell; and a second fastening band, configured to enclose the cell assembly in the thickness direction of the cell, where in a length direction of the cell, a distance between a p...