ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,782, issued on June 2, was assigned to CALB Group Co.Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).

"Battery apparatus" was invented by Liangjie Gu (Changzhou, China), Junshan Guan (Changzhou, China), Tinglu Yan (Changzhou, China) and Yongjie Zhang (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to the technical field of batteries, and in particular, relates to a battery apparatus, and the battery apparatus includes a battery pack. The battery pack includes a plurality of batteries arranged in a first direction, terminal components of the batteries are located on other surfaces of the batteries except the top surfaces, and an insulati...