ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,207, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"End cover assembly, battery cell, battery, and electric apparatus" was invented by Haibo Ke (Ningde, China), Quankun Li (Ningde, China), Peng Wang (Ningde, China), Chengyou Xing (Ningde, China), Ningsheng Wu (Ningde, China), Kaihuan Yang (Ningde, China), Xiang Mei (Ningde, China) and Lili Wu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end cover assembly includes an end cover and a pressure relief member. The pressure relief member is provided in the end cover, and the pressure relief member is provided with an indentation groove....