ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,287, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Winding needle assembly and winding device" was invented by Guozhong Yang (Ningde, China), Xiaobin Li (Ningde, China), Yaji Zhang (Ningde, China), Ying Gao (Ningde, China), Zijing Zhuang (Ningde, China), Ning Song (Ningde, China), Xiangli Sun (Ningde, China), Fengdan Li (Ningde, China) and Xiaoping Wu (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present application provide a needle winding assembly for winding electrode plates and a separator and a winding device. The winding needle assembly includes a first wi...