ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,254, issued on March 17, was assigned to HITHIUM TECH HK Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Energy storage apparatus and electric device" was invented by Jinyun Liang (Shenzhen, China) and Feng Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy storage apparatus and an electric device are provided in the disclosure. The energy storage apparatus includes an upper cover, a deformation member, a lower plastic member, a terminal post, a connector, and a tab. The lower plastic member is provided with a grid structure at one side of the lower plastic member where the through hole is defined at the fourth surface, and the grid structu...