Patent ID: 7186125

Claim:
A conductive path comprising: a terminal metal piece; and a bus bar overlapped with the terminal metal piece, the overlapped terminal metal piece and bus bar constituting a joint portion that includes (i) a first main surface and (ii) a second main surface opposite the first main surface, wherein the terminal piece and the bus bar are bonded while the terminal piece and the bus bar are deformed to form a recess portion in the first main surface of the joint portion by pressing the terminal metal piece and the bus bar with a die in a first direction, which intersects a plane of contact between the terminal metal piece and the bus bar, in a state of setting the terminal metal piece and the bus bar to a jig, wherein the jig includes a first restricting portion that restricts a portion of the second main surface directly opposite the recess from deforming in the first direction beyond an original plane of the second main surface.