ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,055, issued on July 21, was assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. (Ningde, China).
"Electrode plate, electrode assembly containing same, and battery" was invented by Xiang Zhang (Ningde, China) and Lin Xia (Ningde, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode plate including an electrode plate body, a tab, a first adhesive layer, and a second adhesive layer. The tab includes a connecting portion connected to an extending portion. The connecting portion overlaps with and is connected to the electrode plate body. The extending portion protrudes from the connecting portion out of one side of the electrode plate body along a fi...