Systems and methods for a vehicle inverter connection bus

A bus assembly comprising:

• a bus bar having first and second conductive layers extending along an insulator sheet interposed between the first and second conductive layers, wherein the first and second conductive layers are at least partially aligned with respect to each other to form a first overlap region of the insulator sheet;
• a plurality of bus links mounted to the bus bar and spaced apart along a length of the bus bar;
• a set of directional elements electrically coupled to the first and second conductive layers of the bus bar via one of the bus links;
• plural sets of switching elements electrically coupled to the first and second conductive layers of the bus bar via other bus links of the bus links, the sets of switching elements electrically coupled to the bus bar in parallel to the set of directional elements;
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• plural sets of capacitive elements coupled to the sets of switching elements, wherein each set of the capacitive elements is connected in series with a different corresponding set of the switching elements.

A method of forming a bus of an electric drive subsystem, comprising:

• coupling a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer to opposing sides of an insulator sheet to form a bus bar, wherein the first and second conductive layers are at least partially aligned with respect to each other relative to the insulator sheet to form a first overlap region of the insulator sheet;
• fastening a first bracket of a bus link to the first conductive layer and a second bracket of the bus link to the second conductive layer, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket are aligned with each other to form a second overlap region of the insulator sheet, the second overlap region is within the first overlap region;
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• electrically and mechanically coupling a first arm to the bus link, wherein the first arm extends from the bus bar and is electrically coupled to one or more circuit elements.