Light weight bus bars, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
View Patent ↗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.
1. A bus bar comprising:
a bar manufactured from a material that has a density of less than 2.70 grams per cubic centimeter; where the bar comprises a plurality of holes for facilitating contact between the bar and a plurality of grounding attachments, where each grounding attachment is affixed to the bar by a single screw or lug to provide electrical contact between the bar and the grounding attachment, and where the bus bar is bonded to a frame of an automobile by a single spot weld.
2. The bus bar of claim 1 , where the bar comprises aluminum.
3. The bus bar of claim 2 , where the bar further comprises lithium.
4. The bus bar of claim 1 , where the bar comprises a foamed metal.
5. The bus bar of claim 1 , where the bar comprises an electrically conductive plastic.
6. The bus bar of claim 5 , where the electrically conductive plastic comprises an electrically conductive filler.
7. The bus bar of claim 6 , where the electrically conductive filler comprises carbon nanotubes, carbon fibers, carbon black, metal particles, or a combination thereof.
8. The bus bar of claim 5 , where the electrically conductive plastic is foamed.
9. 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 2.70 grams per cubic centimeter; where the bar comprises a plurality of holes for facilitating contact between the bar and a plurality of grounding attachments, where each grounding attachment is affixed to the bar by a single screw or lug to provide electrical contact between the bar and the grounding attachment; and
affixing the bus bar to the frame of an automobile by a single spot weld.