ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,253, issued on July 14, was assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. (Ningde, China).
"Battery module and electronic device containing the same" was invented by Xiaogong Bai (Dongguan, China), Xianglong Han (Dongguan, China) and Ying Wang (Dongguan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a battery unit, a circuit board, and an expansion portion. The expansion portion is disposed between a first body and a second body and/or between a first tab and a second tab of the battery unit, and the expansion portion is configured to disconnect the first tab and/or the second tab from the circuit board."
The patent wa...