ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,889, issued on April 8, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Battery module and bus bar assembly" was invented by Nicholas A. Durse (Youngstown, Ohio) and Adam Wolfgang (Petersburg, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bus bar assembly includes a nonconductive terminal cap configured to at least partially surround an electrically conductive terminal. The terminal cap has a perimeter wall configured to circumscribe at least a portion of the terminal to provide a gap configured to expose the terminal. The terminal cap includes a first attachment feature. The bus bar assembly also includes a bus bar havin...