ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,366, issued on June 16, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Capacitor module having a bus bar with a portion thereof in a sealing resin" was invented by Hiroaki Nakamura (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor module that includes: a case defining an interior space; a sealing resin in the interior space; one or more capacitors in the sealing resin; a first bus bar and a second bus bar each having a contact portion that is in contact with an electrode of the one or more capacitors, a buried portion in the sealing resin and extending from the contact portion, and an exposed portion ...