ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,820, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Battery and power consuming device" was invented by Chong Wang (Changzhou, China), Qifeng Chen (Changzhou, China), Mu Qian (Changzhou, China) and Zhanyu Sun (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a battery and a power consuming device. The battery includes: a battery cell; a temperature sensor for measuring the temperature of the battery cell; a sensor mounting assembly for mounting the temperature sensor; and a signal transmission component for being electrically connected to the temp...