ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,243, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Electrochemical device and electronic device" was invented by Kun Yan (Ningde, China), Yu Ding (Ningde, China), Yibo Zhang (Ningde, China) and Nan Zhang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical device including a bipolar current collector. The bipolar current collector is hermetically connected to an outer package. Cavities independent of each other are formed on two opposite sides of the bipolar current collector. Each cavity contains an electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution. An electrode active material is dispos...