ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,531, issued on June 16, was assigned to PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS INC. (Tokyo).
"Busbar and battery pack including the same" was invented by Yozo Uchida (Toyota, Japan) and Yuki Sato (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A busbar disclosed herein includes: a first metallic member including a first plate portion; a second metallic member including a second plate portion; a swaged joint formed by plastically deforming the first plate portion of the first metallic member and the second plate portion of the second metallic member such that the first plate portion and the second plate portion are swaged together; and a metal...