Patent ID: 8193449

Claim:
An inverter module, comprising: a power module comprising: a first power module node and a second power module node; a capacitor module comprising: an array of at least one capacitor, each capacitor of the capacitor module having a first capacitor node and a second capacitor node; a battery comprising a first battery node and a second battery node; and a busbar assembly comprising: a base busbar having a first base node electrically coupled to the first battery node, and a second base node electrically coupled to the second battery node; and a branch busbar extending from the base busbar and having a first branch node and a second branch node, wherein the first branch node extends from the first base node to the first power module node and electrically connects to the first capacitor node of at least one capacitor at a first point physically located in between the first base node and the first power module node, wherein the first branch node is physically located between the first capacitor node and the first power module node, and wherein the second branch node extends from the second base node to the second power module node and electrically connects to the second capacitor node of at least one capacitor at a second point physically located in between the second base node and the second power module node, wherein the second branch node is physically located between the second capacitor node and the second power module node.