ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,252, issued on May 6, was assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS LTD. (Mie, Japan).

"Busbar unit" was invented by Yuji Ito (Mie, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A busbar unit is provided with a busbar, a temperature sensor and a covering member made of insulating resin for covering the busbar and the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor includes a thermistor element and a case for accommodating the thermistor element. The busbar includes a sensor holding portion for holding the temperature sensor. The sensor holding portion includes a first supporting portion having a first contact surface, a second supporting portion having ...