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US 12,218,507 B2Granted
System and method for operating a power distribution system
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorsJoginder Yadav, Pradeep V
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Abstract
A method and aircraft power distribution system includes a power distribution bus supplying power along an electrical line, a primary communication module including a primary transceiver and a primary controller, and a plurality of secondary communication modules including a secondary transceiver communicatively coupled to the primary transceiver and a secondary controller communicatively coupled to the secondary transceiver.
Claims18
An aircraft power distribution system, comprising:
- a power distribution bus supplying power along an electrical line;
- a primary communication module comprising a primary transceiver and a primary controller, with the primary transceiver configured to receive and transmit data through the power distribution bus;
- and
- a plurality of secondary communication modules, each secondary communication module in the plurality of secondary communication modules comprising:
- a power input receiving power and data from the power distribution bus;
- a power output supplying at least power to a load;
- a secondary transceiver communicatively coupled to the primary transceiver by way of the power distribution bus;
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- a secondary controller communicatively coupled to the secondary transceiver;
- wherein the primary communication module is configured to:
- receive a first message at a first communication frequency from a secondary communication module in the plurality of secondary communication modules;
- and
- compare a signal quality of the first message with a quality threshold indicative of a need to improve the signal quality.
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A method of operating an aircraft power distribution system, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a primary communication module, a first message at a first communication frequency over a power distribution bus from at least one secondary communication module in a plurality of secondary communication modules;
- determining, by the primary communication module, a signal quality of the first message;
- and
- comparing, by the primary communication module, the signal quality with a signal quality threshold indicative of a need to improve the signal quality.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.