Patent ID: 8174821

Claim:
A power distribution system, comprising: a cabinet having one or more equipment envelops for holding electrical component modules therein and an interior passageway that is configured to accommodate DC vertical bus bars within the cabinet such that the vertical bus bars can be positioned outside of lateral perimeters of the equipment envelops and the vertical bus bars can substantially traverse an entire interior long axis length of the cabinet; and the vertical bus bars positioned within the interior passageway, wherein each of the DC vertical bus bars are configured to carry a direct current of about 80 Amps or greater with an applied voltage of about 48 DC Volts, are composed of aluminum, have a thickness of at least about 0.25 inches, a short axis width of at least about 2 inches, and a long axis length equal to at least about 80 percent of a long axis length of the cabinet.