US Patent Issued to Tesla on Oct. 20 for "High power shielded busbar for electric vehicle charging and power distribution" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,983, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"High power shielded busbar for electric vehicle charging and power distribution" was invented by Neil Prasad (Cupertino, Calif.) and James Pang (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unitary busbar provides power from one connection point in an electric vehicle to another connection point. The unitary busbar includes a central solid core conductor, an insulation layer over the solid core conductor, and an electromagnetic shield fitted around the insulator. The unitary busbar is capable of being bent into specific configurations that allow it to conform t...