Patent ID: 7637761

Claim:
Apparatus for coupling a high voltage electric power wiring harness to an electric machine operative to generate tractive power in a vehicle, comprising: the wiring harness including first, second and third wire cables having respective longitudinal axes parallel to a frame and having respective terminal ends staggered in length and height relative to the frame; first, second, and third bus bars attached to the respective terminal ends of the first, second and third wire cables and projecting orthogonally from said respective longitudinal axes toward the frame; the first, second, and third bus bars passing through openings in the frame; distal ends of the first, second, and third bus bars fastened to first, second, and third surfaces of a terminal block fixedly attached to the frame; the first, second, and third surfaces of the terminal block corresponding in height to the respective heights of the first, second, and third terminal ends of the wire cables; and the first, second, and third bus bars mechanically fastened with and electrically connected to corresponding first, second and third electric conductors of the electric machine.