ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,023, issued on Oct. 28.

"Safety busbar and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Kiyoung Kim (Daegu, South Korea) and Youngmin Leem (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a method for manufacturing a safety busbar comprises placing a second conductor on each of two opposite ends of a first conductor, performing linear friction welding between the first conductor and the second conductor, and cutting the first conductor to a predetermined depth."

The patent was filed on May 14, 2022, under Application No. 17/744,629.

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