ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,919, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Coating die, coating apparatus, and battery production apparatus" was invented by Pingsheng Zhai (Ningde, China), Yuqing Liu (Ningde, China), Shuibo Duan (Ningde, China), Fuqian Deng (Ningde, China) and Nianwang Xie (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating die includes a die body and a regulation assembly. An accommodating cavity for accommodating a slurry is provided in the die body, and the die body is further provided with a coating gap communicating with the accommodating cavity and extending along a first directi...