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Abstract

A daughter card insertable into a card cage receives power distributed to terminals mounted along an active side edge. Power bus members comprise insulatively coated rigid copper alloy strips each capable of carrying for example ten amperes of current are terminated to respective terminals spaced along the active edge. The power bus members extend on edge to the interior of a major side surface of the card to terminations with circuit path segments to which electrical components needing to be powered are terminated. At least one similar bus member can comprise a return path extending from at least one ground path segment in the card's interior to a ground terminal along the active edge. Several power bus members can have their insulated body sections grouped together and optionally mechanically joined along substantial lengths thereof to reach the card's interior while remaining electrically discrete.

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