ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,320, issued on April 14, was assigned to JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Cell manufacturing device and method, battery, and power consuming apparatus" was invented by Guopeng Teng (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell manufacturing device configured to manufacture a cell including an electrode plate and a separator. The cell manufacturing device includes a winding mechanism configured to wind the electrode plate and the separator to form the cell, and a film attaching mechanism configured to attach a film to the electrode plate or the separator at a predetermined position before th...