US Patent Issued to Techtronic Cordless GP on Aug. 4 for "Battery" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,651, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Techtronic Cordless GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Battery" was invented by Kun Li (Anderson, S.C.), Denis Gaston Fauteux (Anderson, S.C.), Xiqing Wang (Anderson, S.C.), Na Wang (Anderson, S.C.), Xiaopeng Yuan (Anderson, S.C.) and Changjian Lu (Anderson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a battery, comprising a case, a cell packaged in the case, an electrical terminal located at one end of the case and electrically connected to the cell, a safety device and a current cut-off device. The safety device comprises a first and second electrode respectively electrically connecte...