Patent ID: 7551425

Claim:
An apparatus for distributing electrical power from a plurality of power sources among a plurality of electrical conductors; the apparatus comprising: (a) a plurality of power supply bus structures; each respective power supply bus structure of said plurality of power supply bus structures being coupled with at least one respective power source of said plurality of power sources and being generally oriented about a respective first longitudinal axis of a plurality of first longitudinal axes; said plurality of first longitudinal axes being generally parallel; each said respective power supply bus structure presenting a respective plurality of first electrical connection structures arranged in a respective first spaced array generally along a respective said first longitudinal axis; (b) each respective electrical conductor of said plurality of electrical conductors being generally oriented about a respective second longitudinal axis of a plurality of second longitudinal axes; said plurality of second longitudinal axes being generally parallel and generally perpendicular with said plurality of first longitudinal axes; each said respective electrical conductor presenting a respective plurality of second electrical connection structures arranged in a respective second spaced array generally along a respective said second longitudinal axis; and (c) at least one electrical bridging unit; a respective electrical bridging unit of said at least one electrical bridging unit cooperating with a respective first electrical connection structure and a respective second electrical connection structure to establish electrical connection between a selected said respective power supply bus structure and a selected said respective electrical conductor; said respective electrical bridging unit, said respective first electrical connection structure and said respective second electrical connection structure being oriented generally along a selected said respective second longitudinal axis.