ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,338, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to JIANGSU ZENERGY BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Cell and assembly method thereof" was invented by Jiangnan Deng (Nanjing, China), Chennan Liu (Nanjing, China), Bin Jiang (Nanjing, China) and Wei Yuan (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell and an assembly method thereof. The cell has an elongated structure with a positive electrode end and a negative electrode end. The negative electrode end is provided with a liquid injection hole, a tab protector and a single-cell collection board. A negative electrode column is connected to a negative tab on a cell core set throug...