ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,422, issued on April 21, was assigned to Nanjing Chervon Industry Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China).

"Battery pack" was invented by Guiwu Hu (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery pack includes a cell assembly. The cell assembly includes a cell assembly positive terminal, a cell assembly negative terminal, a positive lead-out piece, a negative lead-out piece, a discharge path, and a protective element. The positive lead-out piece connects the cell assembly positive terminal to a battery pack positive terminal. The negative lead-out piece connects the cell assembly negative terminal to a battery pack negative terminal. The ...