ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,018, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Conductive cable for a battery electric vehicle" was invented by Yi Liu (Troy, Mich.), Qigui Wang (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Huaxin Li (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Kestutis A. Sonta (Troy, Mich.) and Daniel J. Wilson (Linden, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductive cable for a battery electric vehicle is provided. The conductive cable comprises a plurality of first members in alignment to define a longitudinal axis of the conductive cable. Each first member comprises a first conductive wire about which a first outer layer is disposed for ele...