ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,095, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Battery test apparatus and test method" was invented by Guolong Liao (Ningde, China), Shaoteng Ren (Ningde, China) and Lixin Guo (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery test apparatus for testing a swelling force of a battery housing may include equivalent end plates and a retractable part. An actual battery module may be replaced by the battery test apparatus, eliminating the need for a battery module and accompanying charging and discharging devices and reducing the test cost. Two equivalent end plates may be space...