ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,872, issued on March 24, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Electrode assembly, battery cell, battery and electric device" was invented by Zhisheng Chai (Ningde, China) and Haizu Jin (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electric device are provided. The electrode assembly includes two electrode sheets having opposite polarities and a separator used for separating the two electrode sheets, the two electrode sheets and the separator being wound in a winding direction to form a main body and two tabs. The tabs and the main body...