ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,182, issued on July 14, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Heating device, and battery manufacturing apparatus and method" was invented by Zhiyang Wu (Ningde, China), Yunzhi Li (Ningde, China), Zhihui Wang (Ningde, China), Dajun Ni (Ningde, China), Jiayi Zhao (Ningde, China) and Zhihua Wen (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a heating device, and a battery manufacturing apparatus and method, and relates to the technical field of battery manufacturing. The heating device is configured to heat a material strip upstream of a first station, and may i...