ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,628, issued on March 3, was assigned to REPT BATTERO Energy Co. Ltd. (Wenzhou, China) and Shanghai Ruipu Energy Co. Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Top cover for power battery, and power battery" was invented by Hui Cao (Zhejiang, China), Xianfeng Yu (Zhejiang, China), Min Hou (Shanghai), Chan Liu (Shanghai), Peng Hu (Zhejiang, China), Yunlong Cai (Zhejiang, China) and Zhaoyu Yu (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A top cover for a power battery including a top cover plate, a first post, a first fastener, a second post, a first sealing member, and an insulation plate."

The patent was filed on Dec. 24, 2020, under Application No. 17/78...