ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,577, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hithium Tech HK Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"Top cover assembly for battery, battery, and energy storage device" was invented by Weidong Xu (Xiamen, China), Nan Zhang (Xiamen, China), Ziqi Yi (Xiamen, China) and Zuyu Wu (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A top cover assembly for a battery, a battery, and an energy storage device are provided in the disclosure. The top cover assembly for a battery includes a pole and a pressing block. The pressing block defines a limiting hole. The pole extends through and is at least partially located in the limiting hole. The limiting hole has a fi...