Patent ID: 7356924

Claim:
In an electrical system comprising an elongate power distribution assembly (PDA) having an elongate casing with a plurality of electrical conductor wires therein, said casing having groups of openings providing access to said wires, and one or more electrical components adapted to plug into said openings for electrical connection to said wires, a manufacturing process for a power distribution assembly comprising the steps of: extruding a longitudinal length of an extrusion profile which is configured to define a PDA casing, said extrusion profile configured to define a plurality of elongate bores extending through said PDA casing wherein said bores have open ends which open through at least one of the opposite ends of said PDA casing; cutting said extrusion profile to a length which defines the length of said PDA casing; forming patterns of openings in said extrusion profile to define said groups of openings in said PDA casing; and providing a plurality of said wires to be seated respectively within said bores of said PDA casing and be accessible through said openings to permit electrical connection of a said electrical component by plugging engagement with said openings, said providing step comprising the step of positioning each of said wires into said open ends of said bores and inserting said wires into said bores through said open ends so as to extend along the longitudinal length of said PDA casing.