ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,521, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to TIANJIN LISHEN BATTERY JOINT-STOCK Co. LTD. (Tianjin, China) and TIANJIN LISHEN JUYUAN NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Tianjin, China).

"Lithium-ion cell" was invented by Wei Li (Tianjin, China), Nianju Wang (Tianjin, China), Yuanyuan Ya (Tianjin, China), Xueheng Jia (Tianjin, China) and Gang Liu (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell includes an electrode assembly, a pin assembly, and a cell house. The electrode assembly includes a central hole, at least one positive electrode, at least one negative electrode, and at least one diaphragm separating the at least one positive elect...