ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,457, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY Co. LTD. (Zhuhai, China).

"Lithium ion battery" was invented by Fen Liu (Zhuhai, China) and Chong Peng (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a lithium ion battery. The lithium ion battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator. The positive electrode plate, the separator and the negative electrode plate are stacked successively and then wound from inside to outside. The positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector. At least one functional surface of the positive electrode current colle...