ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,440, issued on June 23, was assigned to SMA Solar Technology AG (Niestetal, Germany).
"Busbar for measuring a direct and/or alternating current" was invented by Felix Muhlhausen (Kassel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A busbar for measuring a direct and/or alternating current has connection regions and at least one resistance region arranged between the connection regions, and two measuring contacts arranged in the resistance region. The busbar has a geometry in which the measuring contacts are currentless during operation of the busbar. The busbar is formed in one piece. An apparatus for determining current and having such a...