US 12,249,812 B2
Bus bars for printed structural electric battery modules
John Russell Bucknell, El Segundo, CA (US); and Antonio Bernerd Martinez, El Segundo, CA (US)
Assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,357.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,295, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231486 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H02B 1/20 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01)
CPC H02B 1/20 (2013.01) [B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); H01M 50/505 (2021.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first component configured to be a primary structure of a vehicle, the first component co-printed with a first electrical conductive path, the first electrical conductive path configured to be connected to a second electrical conductive path of a second component of the vehicle,
wherein the first electrical conductive path and the second electrical conductive path are configured to enable electricity transmission,
wherein the first component comprises at least a tongue structure configured to mate with a corresponding groove structure of the second component,
wherein the first electrical conductive path passes through a portion of the tongue structure of the first component, or a groove structure configured to mate with a corresponding tongue structure of the second component,
wherein the second electrical conductive path passes through a portion of the tongue structure of the second component, and
wherein the first electrical conductive path is configured to be connected to the second electrical conductive path via an injectable conductor injected into the groove structure.