ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,402, issued on April 14, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Battery cell with aluminum components, battery, and electric apparatus" was invented by Hu Xu (Ningde, China), Haizu Jin (Ningde, China), Fenggang Zhao (Ningde, China), Shaojun Niu (Ningde, China) and Rui Yang (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell, a battery, and an electric apparatus are disclosed. The battery cell includes: an electrode assembly including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, where the positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive ...