ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,215, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Dongguan Amperex Technology Ltd. (Dongguan, China).
"Secondary battery" was invented by Liangzhen Xiao (Guangdong, China) and Qiao Zeng (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery is provided, comprising a first adapter piece and an electrode assembly, comprising a first and second electrode plates, a plurality of first electrode tabs, a second electrode tab, a direction parallel to the first electrode plate being L, two end points in a thickness direction being T1 and T3, a position of one of the first electrode tabs farthest from T1 or T3 is T2; all the first electrod...