ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,164, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Pre-stacking device, pre-stacking method, and battery processing equipment" was invented by Yanjun Xu (Ningde, China), Panze Zheng (Ningde, China) and Ben Zhang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a pre-stacking device, a pre-stacking method, and a battery processing equipment. The pre-stacking device includes: at least two conveying members, each having at least two bearing positions for placing battery cells; a pre-stacking platform with a stacking station; and a gripping mechanism arrang...