ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,231, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Threading apparatus" was invented by Chaonan Liu (Ningde, China), Haohua Song (Ningde, China) and Jiaxing Song (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A threading apparatus for transporting an electrode plate includes an oven, a first guide rail and a second guide rail, and a threading assembly. The first guide rail and the second guide rail are spaced apart from each other inside the oven in a first direction. A first opening and a second opening are respectively provided on a surface of the first guide rail and a surface of ...