ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,344, issued on June 30, was assigned to TMEIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Bus bar module and power conversion system" was invented by Kyota Aikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bus bar module is disposed over a plurality of housings to distribute DC power to smoothing capacitors and power conversion units. The bus bar module includes a first conductor and a second conductor. The first conductor is applied to either a first electrode or a second electrode of direct current. The second conductor is connected in parallel to the first conductor. The first conductor includes a first flat plate portion formed to have a first thickness in a c...