ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,821, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Ningde Amperex Technology Ltd. (Ningde City, China).

"Electrochemical apparatus with multi-stage discharge cut-off voltage control, and control method thereof, electronic device, and storage medium" was invented by Benyang Shi (Ningde, China), Bangkun Zou (Ningde, China) and Lele Lin (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical apparatus including a negative electrode active substance. The negative electrode active substance includes a first active substance and a second active substance, a discharge capacity per unit mass of the first active substance is smaller than that o...