ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,382, issued on April 21, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Secondary battery and top cover component thereof" was invented by Chengdu Liang (Ningde City, China), Kai Wu (Ningde City, China) and Baisong Chen (Ningde City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relate to the technical field of secondary batteries, and in particular, to a secondary battery and a top cover component thereof. The top cover component provided by the present disclosure includes a top cover plate having an electrode lead-out hole, and a second sealing portion and a second insulating portion s...