Abstract: Battery packs according to some embodiments of the present technology may include a first longitudinal beam and a second longitudinal beam. The battery packs may include a plurality of cell blocks disposed between the first longitudinal beam and the second longitudinal beam. The plurality of cell blocks may include first and second cell blocks each characterized by a first side surface proximate the first longitudinal beam, a second side surface, a third side surface proximate the second longitudinal beam, and a fourth side surface. The battery packs may include a first interface material thermally coupling the first side surface of the first cell block with the first longitudinal beam. The battery packs may also include a second interface material thermally coupling the third side surface of the second cell block with the second longitudinal beam.

Abstract: In an embodiment a bus bar includes a first interface and a second interface, a filter element electrically connected between the first and the second interface and a first rail between the first interface and the second interface, wherein the first rail includes a central section with a metal sheet and a dielectric material at least partially covering the central section.

Abstract: A busbar connection system comprises a plate member formed of a first material having a higher tensile strength than second and third materials of first and second busbars, respectively, and defining first and second apertures and first and second stud members securely inserted through the first and second apertures of the plate member, respectively, the first and second stud members being configured to be securely inserted through first and second apertures, respectively, in each of the first and second busbars, wherein the first and second stud members mitigate rotational movement between the first and second busbars when connected.

Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly for use in a power distribution assembly includes an electrical conductor. A casing covers at least a portion of the electrical conductor. The casing insulates the at least a portion of the electrical conductor.

Abstract: For an electronic circuit module (1), more particularly a circuit module that is used as an inverter for an electrical machine or as a converter, comprising at least one electronics unit (4), more particularly a power electronics unit, wherein the electronics unit (4) comprises at least one carrier substrate (5) and at least one electrical and/or electronic component (32) provided on the carrier substrate (5), at least one first connection point (10) and at least two second connection points (20) are formed on the carrier substrate (5) on a substrate top side (7) of the carrier substrate (5), the first connection point (10) is provided between the two second connection points (20), and wherein the electronic circuit module (1) further comprises at least one electrical or electronic part (8) having at least one first bus bar (12) for electrically contacting the electronic part (8) and at least one second bus bar (22) for electrically contacting the electronic part (8), the invention proposes that an electrical

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module includes a plurality of battery units connected in series; at least two electrode output connecting pieces each disposed at an output end of the plurality of battery units; a plurality of bridging busbars, each connecting two battery units spaced by one or more other battery units among the plurality of battery units; and an adjacent busbar connecting two adjacent battery units among the plurality of battery units. An electrical connection path is formed in the battery module by the electrode output connecting pieces, the bridging busbars and the adjacent busbar. The battery module according to the present disclosure is applicable in diverse situations, and capable of improving safety performance and energy density.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a coil includes a preparation step of preparing a copper wire, a winding step of winding a plurality of aluminum wires around the copper wire, and a pressing step of pressing the copper wire and the plurality of aluminum wires so as to form an aluminum coat around the copper wire and form an anodized aluminum film on the surface of the aluminum coat.

Abstract: A panel clip formed from a clip pre-form and configured for use with insulated, reinforced duct is provided. The panel clip includes a first plurality of gripping teeth formed in a first panel section. A second plurality of gripping teeth is formed adjacent the first plurality of gripping teeth. A first bending zone is positioned adjacent the second plurality of gripping teeth and opposite the first plurality of gripping teeth. A second bending zone is positioned spaced apart from the first bending zone and opposite the second plurality of gripping teeth. A third bending zone positioned spaced apart from the second bending zone and opposite the first bending zone. A distance formed from the first bending zone to the second bending zone is defined by a thickness of a layer of rigid insulation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to replacing conductors in a high-voltage power transfer system. The method provides, for example, a method for maintaining sections of electrically conductive phases in a three-phase power conductor line, wherein the three phases are parallel and spaced apart in an ordered sequence. The phases are strung between support structures and supported above the ground. Maintenance work, which include replacement or repair, is performed on sections of the three phases without interrupting a power load in any one of the three phases and without transposing the relative positions of the phases out of their ordered sequence.

Abstract: A conductive structure includes: a single-layer busbar that is formed in a plate shape and constitutes a conductive path; and a multi-layer busbar that is configured by laminating a plurality of busbars which are formed as plates thinner than the single-layer busbar and that is joined to an end of the single-layer busbar and constitutes the conductive path. The multi-layer busbar includes a main body portion in which at least some of the laminated plurality of busbars are capable of mutual displacement relative to the busbars adjacent thereto, and a joining end located at a end of the main body portion on the single-layer busbar side and in which the laminated plurality of busbars are incapable of mutual displacement relative to each other, the joining end being joined to the end of the single-layer busbar.

Abstract: A battery module is provided. The battery module includes: first and second bus bars arranged adjacent to each other to electrically connect battery packs adjacent to each other; and a bus bar cover covering and insulating the first and second bus bars from the outside thereof and insulating the first and second bus bars from each other, wherein the bus bar cover includes a hollow portion exposing a coupling hole of the first and second bus bars. Accordingly, sufficient insulation may be secured for the bus bars electrically connecting different battery packs, malfunction and safety accidents caused by the short circuit of the bus bars through which high-voltage charge/discharge currents flow may be prevented, and the insulation structure of the bus bars may be simplified by accommodating different adjacent bus bars together.

Abstract: A capacitor assembly has a capacitor, a first terminal, a cooling device and a housing which contains the capacitor. The first terminal has a first heat absorbing part and a first heat dissipating part. The first terminal dissipates heat from a first side of the capacitor to the cooling device via the first heat absorbing part and the first heat dissipating part. The first side of the capacitor faces away from the cooling device.

Abstract: An electric drive unit having an electric motor and an electronic control unit, wherein the electric motor has at least a number of first electrical terminals and the electronic control unit has a number of second electrical terminals, wherein an electrical connection is formed between in each case a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal in such a way that a first busbar is connected to the first electrical terminal, or said terminal is embodied as such, and a second busbar is connected to the second electrical terminal, or said terminal is embodied as such, wherein the first busbar is electrically connected to the second busbar by means of a flexible electrically conductive element or a cable.

Abstract: A busbar includes a plurality of sheets stacked together. The busbar includes: a main body that extends along an axis along which batteries are stacked together; and a plurality of connectors that are each thinner than the main body, and are welded to terminals of the batteries, respectively.

Abstract: Power supply systems are provided for carrying electrical power from a power source to a circuit board mounted on a housing, shelf, cabinet, etc. for supporting networking equipment. A busbar assembly, according to one embodiment, includes a pair of conductive strips configured to carry electrical power. The pair of conductive strips are arranged on a front-facing surface of a non-conductive vertical substrate. The busbar assembly further includes one or more alignment blocks configured to hold the pair of conductive strips in a fixed position with respect to the non-conductive vertical substrate. Each of the one or more alignment blocks is configured to guide a pair of power connectors of a circuit board for making electrical contact with the pair of conductive strips, while allowing simultaneous mating of signal connectors on the circuit board with signal connectors on the substrate, when the circuit board is being installed in a housing.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a circuit breaker and mounting bracketry fastened to the rear side of the circuit breaker. The mounting bracketry includes first and second spacer portions extending rearward from a respective locations inside the width of the circuit breaker unit, first and second fixation portions extending outward from the first and second spacer portions, respectively, to respective positions outside the width of the circuit breaker, and first and second hook portions extending rearward from the first and second fixation portions, respectively. The circuit breaker may be mounted to an electrical enclosure with the first hook portion and the second hook portion engaging a mounting rail of the electrical enclosure.

Abstract: A cable management system includes a cable-retaining spacer block defining a plurality of cylindrical passages arranged to define a rectangular array. Each cylindrical passage is configured to receive a transmission cable. Brackets are configured to support ends of the cable-retaining spacer block and enable suspension from a support cable. Another cable management system includes a center base, first and second intermediate wings configured to operably couple to the center base to define a first plurality of cylindrical passages configured to retain transmission cables therein, and first and second outer wings configured to operably couple to the first and second intermediate wings to define a second plurality of cylindrical passages configured to retain transmission cables therein. These cable management systems enable snap-together engagement without the use of tools, thus facilitating assembly.

Abstract: A current sensor includes three bus bars, each of which has recesses. The third bus bar is between the first and second bus bars. The recesses of the first and second bus bars are symmetrical about a virtual line that passes through the center of the third bus bar. The third bus bar has two recesses that are symmetrical about the same virtual line.

Abstract: An apparatus for electrically connecting busbars includes: a first laminated multi-phase busbar to be connected to a second laminated multi-phase busbar, each of the first and second laminated multi-phase busbars including a plurality of conducting layers and insulating layers which are arranged between the conducting layers, the conducting layers of the first laminated multi-phase busbar projecting from the insulating layers thereof, forming a first lateral connecting portion with first electrical contact surfaces, and the conducting layers of the second laminated multi-phase busbar projecting from the insulating layers thereof, forming a second lateral connecting portion with second electrical contact surfaces; and a bridging element that includes a plurality of laminated insulating layers and conducting layers having electrical contact surfaces which contact associated electrical contact surfaces of the first and second lateral connecting portions of the first and second busbar.

Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector is provided and generally includes a plurality of first contact bodies and a plurality of second contact bodies. The plurality of first contact bodies include contact surfaces that provide a first contact plane. The plurality of second contact bodies include contact surfaces that provide a second contact plane that is spaced apart from and projecting beyond the first contact plane by a height. The plurality of second contact bodies are elastically deflectable to the first contact plane.

Abstract: A bridge joint cover assembly for a busway bridge joint, the assembly comprising at least one cover plate having an opening and a viewing plate including infrared (IR) material. The IR material is aligned with the opening of the cover plate.

Abstract: For ease and modification flexibility in the manufacture of jumpers in a plug connector, according to the invention the housing cover (10) is equipped with a contact carrier (3) which is releasably clipped thereon. The contact carrier (3) can be made in two parts and can have an upper part (1) and a lower part (32). These can be separated from one another and joined together in order to accommodate individual U-shaped contact pins (8, 8?, 8?) for bridging socket contacts (28) of the plug connector or also in order to remove and/or replug said pins. If necessary, the complete contact carrier (3) can also be exchanged for another contact carrier having a different bridge assignment. As a result, the operating state of an electrical system can be individually defined and modified. When the housing cover is open, an external test plug can be plugged in for maintenance purposes.

Abstract: A plug-on neutral connector includes a neutral terminal plug arranged to be inserted into a neutral terminal of a circuit breaker, a conductive fastener, including a pass-through, electrically coupled to the neutral terminal plug and arranged to be fastened on a neutral bus bar of a load center, and a housing disposed over at least a portion of the conductive fastener.

Abstract: In a power converter, an insulation member is interposed between a first overlap portion of the near DC busbar and a second overlap portion of the far DC busbar in a protrusion direction. The first overlap portion is located closer to the converter component in the protrusion direction than the second overlap portion is. A near DC terminal is arranged to be closer to the first and second overlap portions than a far DC terminal is in an arrangement direction perpendicular to both the stack and protrusion directions. The near and far DC busbars are joined to the respective near and far DC terminals. The far DC busbar is joined to the far DC terminals of the respective semiconductor modules while bypassing the near DC terminals of the respective semiconductor modules.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cable, which is adapted to extend in an initial configuration according to a predetermined initial state and in a deformed configuration to assume a deformed state compared with the initial state, wherein the cable has a sheath arrangement, which extends along a longitudinal axis of the cable at least in sections, wherein the sheath arrangement is adapted to change its impedance according to the initial or deformed configuration of the cable. The disclosure likewise relates to an arrangement comprising a cable and a measuring unit as well as a method for detecting a deformed configuration of a cable.

Abstract: A bridge joint cover assembly for a busway bridge joint, the assembly comprising a bridge joint cover plate having a cover plate hole, a viewing plate fixed to the cover plate, over the cover plate hole, and the viewing plate including infrared (IR) material. The IR material is further aligned with the cover plate hole in the bridge joint cover plate.

Abstract: A relay terminal includes an upper conductive and lower conductive plate, each having a plate surface intersecting with the Y direction, and a coupling part that couples the upper conductive plate and the lower conductive plate to each other. The coupling part is provided on one end in the Z direction of a combination of the upper conductive plate and the lower conductive plate, such that the coupling part connects both to a middle portion in the X direction of the upper conductive plate and to a middle portion in the X direction of the lower conductive plate. First and second pairs of contact parts are formed on the plate surfaces in end sides in the X direction of the upper and lower conductive plates, each contact part having a curved surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a line for a server insert for connecting a power supply unit with a circuit board with distributor contacts. The line comprises a first current rail and a second current rail. The first current rail and the second current rail are arranged parallel to each other. Both current rails can be secured at connections of a power supply unit of a server insert and a circuit board with distributor contacts. The current rails have first connection elements, which are arranged in such a way that two lines can be connected with each other in order to form a point-symmetrical arrangement of lines. The invention further relates to an arrangement and a server insert.

Abstract: A bridge joint cover assembly for a busway bridge joint, the assembly comprising a bridge joint cover plate having a cover plate hole, a viewing plate fixed to the cover plate, over the cover plate hole, and the viewing plate including infrared (IR) material. The IR material is further aligned with the cover plate hole in the bridge joint cover plate.

Abstract: Power inverter assemblies are provided herein for use with motor vehicles. An inverter assembly may have a symmetrical structure configured to convert DC input power to AC output power. The inverter assembly may include a housing enclosing a symmetrical DC input portion, a symmetrical AC output portion, a DC link capacitor, and a gate drive portion having a pair of power modules. The symmetrical DC input portion can include a DC input bus bar sub-assembly to which the DC link capacitor is coupled, and a second DC bus bar sub-assembly that may electrically couple the DC link capacitor with the power modules. The symmetrical AC output portion may include a three phase output AC bus bar sub-assembly to which the power modules can be electrically coupled. A cooling sub-assembly may be provided for cooling the power modules with fluid transfer using a coolant.

Abstract: A bus brace apparatus for bracing electrical bus bars. The bus brace apparatus includes a bracing block with a plurality of bus bar-receiving recesses configured to receive bus bars therein and a plurality of legs defining sides of the bus-receiving recesses, wherein the legs including first apertures formed there through. Insulating positioners are received in each of the plurality of bus bar-receiving recesses and each of the insulating positioners include a second aperture formed therein. A fastener extends through each of the first and second apertures and aligns each of the insulating positioners within the bus bar-receiving recesses. A channel member is coupled to the bracing block and includes one or more sides configured to interface with a surface of the insulating positioners and limit rotation thereof in the bus bar-receiving recesses. Bus bar assemblies and methods of bracing bus bars are disclosed, as are other aspects.

Abstract: A combined power socket for artificial Christmas trees having a pair of sockets set in a ring structure capable of being sleeved on an outer surface of a rod or tube The pair of sockets can be combined as a group, and can be connected with additional power sockets to achieve interconnection, at the same time through the power supply connector leads from each combination type power socket for external devices, such as lamp series power supply, which has the advantages of simpler structure, more convenient connections to external devices.

Abstract: A DC distribution panel unit and a migration device are stored in a DC distribution panel. The migration device and the DC distribution panel unit are configured to be compatible with each other in terms of a structure and a position of connection to a power supply of the DC distribution panel, a structure and a position of connection to loads, and a fixation position of fixation to the panel. The migration device and the DC distribution panel unit are replaceable with each other.

Abstract: A wiring module to be attached to a unit battery group in which a plurality of unit batteries, each having a positive and a negative electrode terminal, are arranged side by side, the wiring module including: a bus bar that overlaps the electrode terminals and electrically connects adjacent electrode terminals; a temperature detection member having a plate-shaped detection portion that overlaps the bus bar, and detects the temperature of the bus bar; an insulating protector holding the bus bar and the temperature detection member; and a cover covering at least a portion of the insulating protector. The detection portion overlaps a region of the bus bar other than a region of the bus bar that overlaps the electrode terminals, and a pressing rib that presses the detection portion toward the bus bar in a state where the cover is covering the insulating protector is provided on the cover.

Abstract: A printed circuit body includes a bus bar as a metal member electrically connected with a connected body, an insulator layer providing insulation properties, and a conductor layer formed across the metal member and the insulator layer and electrically connected with the metal member. The metal member and the insulator layer are positioned such that a metal-member side connected surface of the metal member on which the conductor layer is provided and an insulator-layer side connected surface of the insulator layer on which the conductor layer is provided are positioned at an identical plane. This configuration allows connection between the bus bar and the conductor layer and circuit formation to be simultaneously achieved at manufacturing of the printed circuit body, thereby facilitating formation of a wiring structure of the bus bar and the conductor layer.

Abstract: A system includes a bus duct that includes a first end, a second end, and a duct body extending between the first end and the second end. The duct body include a flexible bus duct section, and the duct body forms an interior cavity. The system also includes a bus bar disposed within the interior cavity of the bus duct. The bus bar includes a first rigid section, a second rigid section, and a flexible section disposed between the first rigid section and the second rigid section. The flexible section of the bus bar includes a conductive braid, and the flexible bus duct section and the flexible section of the bus bar are configured to translate along at least one of a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis, and a vertical axis.

Abstract: An electrical bus assembly includes a frame and a plurality of bus bar carriers connected to the frame. The bus bars are supported by the bus bar carriers in parallel spaced-apart relation. A first retainer cap is secured to a first one of the plurality of bus bar carriers located adjacent a first end of the frame. A second retainer cap is secured to a second one of the plurality of bus bar carriers located adjacent a second end of the frame. The first and second retainer caps limit axial movement of the bus bars relative to the plurality of carriers sufficiently to prevent escape of the bus bars from the carriers. A bus bar connector is also disclosed for supplying power to or from the bus bars. An electrical bus system includes a first and second bus bar assemblies and a jumper connector assembly.

Abstract: A bus-bar system usable for electrical cabinets for distributing electrical power supplied by an electrical supply cable comprising two or more electrically conducting wires. In some embodiments the bus-bar system comprises a predetermined number of bus-bar elements each electrically connectable to at least one of the wires of the electrical supply cable. At least one of the bus-bar elements may be formed by a group of at least two sub-bus-bar elements electrically connectable to each other in parallel. Each group of the sub-bus-bar elements may be electrically connectable to at least one of the wires of the electrical supply cable, where each of said bus-bar and sub-bus-bar elements being located adjacent at least one other bus-bar or sub-bus-bar element associated with either different electrical phase or different electrical current direction to thereby cause magnetic fields emanating from said bus-bar and sub-bus-bar elements to destructively interfere with each other.

Abstract: A busway assembly includes first and second busway sections and a joint assembly connecting the first and second sections. Each busway section includes a housing including first and second opposing side portions. Each busway section includes a first insulator held in the first side portion and a second insulator held in the second side portion. The first and second insulators each hold one or more bus bar conductors. The joint assembly includes first and second connected joint housings and plurality of joint conductors held in the first and second housings. A first exposed portion of each joint conductor extends out of the first housing and is electrically connected with one of the bus bar conductors of the first busway section. A second exposed portion of each joint conductor extends out of the second housing and is electrically connected with one of the bus bar conductors of the second busway section.

Abstract: A busway system is provided. The busway system includes a first electrical busway section and a busway joint. The busway joint includes a plurality of conductors spaced apart in parallel and a first assembly. The conductors and the first assembly are coupled to the first busway section. The first assembly includes a plurality of insulation laminations spaced apart to define a plurality of gaps, a plurality of insulating spacers positioned within the gaps adjacent the conductors, and a plurality of bracing fasteners extending through the insulation laminations and the insulating spacers. Each gap receives at least one conductor. A width of the gap is substantially filled by the conductors and the insulating spacers. The bracing fasteners secure the conductors within the first assembly.

Abstract: The inventive rack positioning assembly for an electric panel comprises a vertical busbar (J2) for distributing electric current to electric appliances, said busbar comprising several bars, which are positioned in a same vertical plane and on which it is provided to connect racks of the electric panel, and several rack positioning modules (20), which are positioned above one another and which surround the bars of the vertical busbar. The positioning modules (20) comprise means (50) for increasing the insulation distance between the bars at the interface between two successive modules, that insulation distance corresponding to the length of the electric creep path between the bars.

Abstract: A busbar kit is provided. The busbar kit electrically connects a circuit breaker and a main busbar, and comprises an insulating case having an inner space, a branch busbar disposed in the insulating case such that the branch busbar is spaced apart from the main busbar and crosses over the main busbar, and a busbar connector for electrically connecting the main busbar and the branch busbar.

Abstract: A busway center tap 102 for a meter center 100, comprises an open-shaped bus 112 located in a housing 101, including three phased open-shaped bus bars 112A-C connected to respective feeder bus bars 104A-C, the open-shaped bus forming an opening 115 through which a cross bus 120 may be accessed. A circuit interrupter 116 is preferably mounted in the housing and compactly positioned in the opening formed by the open-shaped bus. The circuit interrupter includes three phased line side connectors 114A-C connected to respective open-shaped bus bars and three phased load side connectors 118A-C coupled to respective cross bus bars. Positioning the circuit interrupter in the opening formed by the open-shaped bus, achieves a compact, planar layout occupying minimal space with minimal complexity, enabling reduction in overall size of the busway center tap. The open-shaped bus bars may alternately be directly connected through the opening, to the cross bus bars.

Abstract: An electrical system may include a busbar assembly and a connector assembly. The busbar assembly may include first and second busbars. A first contact tab extends from the first busbar. A second contact tab extends from the second busbar. The first and second contact tabs include first and second interface ends, respectively, within a common plane. The connector assembly includes a housing that retains first and second electrical contacts. The first electrical contact includes a first contact terminal and the second electrical contact includes a second contact terminal. The first contact terminal defines a first interfacing space and the second contact terminal defines a second interfacing space. The first and second interfacing spaces are aligned with one another. The first and second interface ends are configured to mate with the first and second contact terminals within the first and second interfacing spaces, respectively.

Abstract: A high voltage high current transmission line for transmitting high voltage high current energy in the 10 kV and 200,000 A range from a power source to an end item to which the power is delivered. The high voltage high current transmission line includes two generally parallel configured conductive plates with an overlapping dielectric layering configuration. Each of the conductive plates are encompassed by a first dielectric material, both of the conductive plates encompassed by a second dielectric material, and the conductive plates are encompassed by an outer dielectric sheathing. The dielectric layering configuration may also include a dielectric material applied to the edges of the conductive plates. At one or both ends of the high voltage high current transmission line, a plug assembly may be provided for connecting to the power source and/or the discharge device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a connecting busbar includes a pair of first connecting portions provided on first end portions, a pair of second connecting portions provided on second end portions, and a coupling portion that couples the first end portions and the second end portions. Each of the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions is provided with projecting portions that project toward each of positive electrode terminals and negative electrode terminals, and a connecting opening portion provided on a tip end of the projecting portion. The projecting portion is joined to the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal by performing welding such as laser welding on a thinned portion in a state that a surface of a curved portion contacts with the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal while the connecting opening approaches the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal.

Abstract: An electrical device having an electrical component, which has an electric terminal, and a busbar assembly having a busbar and a frame. The busbar is formed of a strip of conductive material and has first and second busbar sides that are opposite from one another. The frame has a busbar seat and a cover member. The busbar seat extends through a first frame side of the frame. The busbar is received into the busbar seat and seated to the frame such that the first busbar side is spaced apart from the first frame side so that the busbar is contained wholly within the frame. The cover member abuts the second busbar side and defines an irradiation aperture that is configured to receive a laser beam from a laser welder therethrough. A laser weld fuses the busbar to the electric terminal.

Abstract: A busway assembly including a plurality of busbars mounted in a horizontal orientation and stacked in a sandwich configuration for conducting electrical current. The busbars are enclosed within a housing having an H-shaped configuration and including side-panels with ventilation chimneys through which hot air circulates from a low area underneath the busbars to an upper area above the busbars. The ventilation chimneys include open-ended half-pipes that are inserted in respective apertures of the side-panels.

Abstract: A base is a platform that supports a component off the ground in a solar energy installation. The specific configuration of a base can vary based on the intended component, for example whether it holds a transformer or power component. Multiple bases are mechanically and/or electrically connected to form a system of bases in the field. Proper placement of bases and engagement of those bases is facilitated by mating alignment mechanisms such that one base can be lowered “fit” with another. A method of positioning components includes positioning a base and aligning and lowering a second base alongside the first such that the bases engage.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bus bar comprising a bar manufactured from a material that has a density of less than or equal to 2.70 grams per cubic centimeter; where the bar comprises a plurality of holes for facilitating contact between the bus bar and a grounding attachment. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising affixing one or more grounding attachments to a bus bar, where the bus bar comprises a bar manufactured from a material that has a density of less than or equal to 2.70 grams per cubic centimeter; where the bar comprises a plurality of holes for facilitating contact between the bus bar and a grounding attachment; and affixing the bus bar to the frame of an automobile.