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US 10,784,656 B2Granted
Power distribution rack assembly
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorsDavid K. Roberts, Christopher Andrew Leivers, John Oliver Collins
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Abstract
An apparatus for distributing power from a power source to a set of power outputs using a power distribution rack includes a manifold having a set of bus bars in a wall and coupling a power source to a set of electronic cards, wherein the electronic cards route the power from the power source to the power outputs.
Claims20
A power distribution rack assembly comprising:
- a manifold having a back wall and defining a set of slots within the manifold, the set of slots opposite the back wall, and the back wall including a communication backplane and a set of bus bar conductors extending along at least a portion of the back wall normal to the slots;
- at least one primary electronic module having a first power input connector, a first power output connector connects with the set of bus bar conductors and provides power to the busbar conductors, and a first communication backplane connector connects with the communications backplane;
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- at least one secondary electronic module having a second power input connector connects with the set of bus bar conductors and receives power from the bus bar conductors, a second power output connector adapted to connect with an electrical load, and a second communication backplane connector connects with the communications backplane;
- wherein the at least one primary electronic module and the at least one second electronic module are selectively received in the set of slots.
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A modular distribution rack assembly comprising:
- a manifold having a set of slots to receive a set of electronic cards, the set of electronic cards comprising:
- at least one primary electronic module having a power input;
- at least one secondary electronic module having a power output;
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- a rack controller module to control the at least one primary electronic module and the at least one secondary electronic module;
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- a set of bus bars disposed in a back wall of the manifold normal to the set of slots, wherein the set of bus bars are conductively connected with the at least one primary electronic module and the at least one secondary module;
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- a communication backplane disposed in the back wall of the manifold normal to the set of slots, wherein the communication backplane communicatively connects the set of electronic cards;
- wherein the at least one primary electronic module receives power at the power input and controllably provides the power to the set of bus bars, and wherein the at least one secondary module receives the power from the set of bus bars and controllably provides the power to the power output.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.