ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,857, issued on May 13, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Signal transmission terminal, sampling device, battery module and device" was invented by Long Li (Fujian, China), Chong Wang (Fujian, China), Wencai Xu (Fujian, China) and Xingyuan Wu (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal transmission terminal, a sampling device, a battery module and a device are disclosed. The signal transmission terminal is used for the sampling device. The sampling device includes a conductive sheet. The signal transmission terminal includes a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion...