ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,268, issued on May 6, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Conductive unit" was invented by Kazuki Ito (Tokyo) and Masato Fujioka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conductive unit, includes a U-phase conductive member, a V-phase conductive member and an insulating cover. The U-phase conductive member include a U-phase bus bar and a molded member molded integrally with the U-phase bus bar. The V-phase conductive member includes a V-phase bus bar and not including the molded member. The insulating cover separates the U-phase bus bar from the V-phase bus bar apart and is supported only by the molded member."
The patent ...