ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,394, issued on April 15, was assigned to AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Mie, Japan), SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan) and SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Flexible bus bar, composite bus bar, power storage pack, and method for manufacturing flexible bus bar" was invented by Nobuyuki Matsumura (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a flexible bus bar including at least one folded portion in which one metal member is folded, and a plurality of laminated portions laminated via the folded portion, in which side edges of the plurality of laminated portions provided with the folded portion is form...