ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,334, issued on June 23, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"High voltage (HV) terminal frame" was invented by Nicholas A. Durse (Youngstown, Ohio), Don E. Bizon (Boardman, Ohio), William C. Lovitz (Niles, Ohio) and Michael L. Mellott (Youngstown, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-piece high voltage (HV) terminal frame having a terminal frame and a contact spring. The terminal frame includes at least a top portion, a bottom portion, and a middle portion forming an opening for receiving a first bus bar and a second bus bar. The contact spring is configured to engage the top portion of the termina...