ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,015, issued on May 12, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Battery cell having a protective member, battery, and power consuming device" was invented by Wenlin Zhou (Ningde, China), Liangfan Xu (Ningde, China), Quankun Li (Ningde, China), Xing Li (Ningde, China), Peng Wang (Ningde, China), Peng Wang (Ningde, China) and Haizu Jin (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell, a battery, and a power consuming device are described. The battery cell includes a housing, an electrode terminal, and a protective member. The housing includes a first end wall, the electrode terminal is d...