ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,195, issued on July 14, was assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Battery" was invented by Liangzhen Xiao (Ningde, China) and Qiao Zeng (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes a negative electrode active material layer, a positive electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer includes a first portion and a second portion including a first surface and a first end. The first surface is connected to the first portion by using a first connection part. A thickness of the second portion decreases from the first connection part to the first end. The positive ele...