ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,242, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Electrode assembly and battery cell" was invented by Hu Xu (Fujian, China), Miaomiao Ren (Fujian, China), Yongshou Lin (Fujian, China), Long Xu (Fujian, China), Youlei Lai (Fujian, China), Haizu Jin (Fujian, China) and Lingbo Zhu (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly and a battery cell is disclosed. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first current collector and a first active material layer, the first current collect...