ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,871, issued on March 24, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Busbar assembly" was invented by Martin Hjalm Wallborg (Harestad, Sweden), Charbel Nassif (Lindome, Sweden), Daniel Karlsson (Daniel Island, S.C.) and Klas Persson (Kungalv, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A busbar assembly includes an elongated support structure with a bottom, two side walls, extending in a length direction (L) along longitudinal sides, two spaced-apart central ridges extending in the length direction (L), a signal line, connected to the support structure between the central ridges, conductor members positioned between the side wa...