ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,889, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ZHEJIANG LERA NEW ENERGY POWER TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Ningbo, China).

"Multipurpose battery pack" was invented by Hengzhao Ke (Ningbo, China) and Jianhong Dai (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multipurpose battery pack includes: a housing, and a battery cell and a circuit board that are disposed in the housing; a first electrical connector connecting one of positive and negative electrodes of the battery cell to the circuit board; a second electrical connector connecting the other one of the positive and negative electrodes of the battery cell to the circuit board; a third electrical...