Patent ID: 7497711

Claim:
An apparatus for terminating a bus bar assembly comprising: a cable harness assembly including an insulative harness component, a plurality of conductive wires partially recessed within the insulative harness component, the wires having terminals on a bottom of the insulative harness component and extending from at least one side of the insulative harness component, a plurality of first apertures disposed along a top surface of the cable harness assembly for receiving a plurality of fasteners; at least one bridge assembly including an insulative bridge component, a plurality of first apertures along a top surface of the at least one bridge assembly for receiving fasteners, a plurality of insulative protrusions extending away from the at least one bridge assembly, a plurality of bus bars disposed on a bottom of the at least one insulative bridge component, the plurality of insulative protrusions securing the plurality of bus bars along the bottom of the at least one insulative bridge component; and wherein the at least one bridge assembly partially covers the plurality of bus bars and the cable harness assembly is configured to cover an exposed portion of the plurality of bus bars, wherein the plurality of bus bars contacts the terminals on the bottom of the insulative harness component to create an electrically conductive connection.