Patent ID: 8025524

Claim:
A continuous flexible bus comprising: a plurality of flexible clad conductors; a device; and at least one piercing connector configured to pierce one of the plurality of flexible clad conductors and to cause an electrical connection between an electrical conductor in the pierced one of the plurality of flexible clad conductors and the device wherein the piercing connector comprises; a first block associated with at least a first circuit conductor lug having at least one first piercing contact; a second block; and at least one fastener connecting the first block to the second block, the at least one fastener configured to cause the at least one first piercing contact to make and maintain electrical contact with the electrical conductor placed between the first block and the second block wherein the at least one fastener is configured to further cause the at least one first piercing contact to pierce a cladding around the electrical conductor and to pass through an insulation around the electrical conductor before making and maintaining electrical contact with the electrical conductor placed between the first block and the second block wherein the at least one first piercing contact is insulated in such a way that the at least one first piercing contact only makes and maintain electrical contact with the electrical conductor and does not make and maintain electrical contact with the cladding around the electrical conductor.