ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,161, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Secondary battery and battery module" was invented by Ning Chen (Ningde, China), Haizu Jin (Ningde, China), Dongyang Shi (Ningde, China), Zhenhua Li (Ningde, China), Fei Hu (Ningde, China) and Yuanbao Chen (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a secondary battery and a battery module. The secondary battery includes a case including a receiving space with an opening; a cap assembly connected to the case and close the opening; an electrode assembly disposed in the receiving space and including t...