ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,046, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to HITHIUM TECH HK Ltd. (Kowloon, Hong Kong).

"End cover assembly, energy storage apparatus, and electricity-consumption device" was invented by Weidong Xu (Guangdong, China), Yongfeng Xiong (Guangdong, China) and Feng Wang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end cover assembly, an energy storage apparatus, and an electricity-consumption device are provided in the disclosure to improve a production yield. The end cover assembly includes a top cover, an upper plastic member, a conductive block, a terminal post, and a sealing member. A mounting hole of the top cover extends through t...