ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,922, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOYODA IRON WORKS Co. LTD. (Toyota, Japan).
"Bus bar and method for producing same" was invented by Kunihiro Iwata (Toyota, Japan), Shunsuke Kawai (Toyota, Japan) and Ken Kobayashi (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bus bar formed using a metal plate is provided. The metal plate includes one or more holes extending through the metal plate on a bend line. The bus bar includes a folded part formed by bending the metal plate along the bend line through hemming. The folded part includes a first region and a second region. The first region is located between an outer edge of the metal p...