US 12,658,692 B2 · Power control system

Abstract

A power control system may include a snubber assembly conductively coupled with power sources and loads between the power sources and loads. A clipper assembly is conductively coupled with the power sources and loads between the power sources and loads. A controller can activate the clipper assembly responsive to detection of a voltage transient conducted from the one or more power sources. The controller can activate the clipper assembly to dissipate at least part of the voltage transient and to direct a remainder of the voltage transient to a ground reference responsive to the voltage transient exceeding a designated threshold. The snubber assembly may dissipate at least part of the voltage transient and direct a remainder of the voltage transient to the ground reference responsive to the voltage transient not exceeding the designated threshold.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a snubber assembly configured to be conductively coupled with one or more power sources and one or more loads in a location between the one or more power sources and the one or more loads;
a clipper assembly configured to be conductively coupled with the one or more power sources and the one or more loads in the location between the one or more power sources and the one or more loads;
and
a controller configured to activate the clipper assembly responsive to detection of a voltage transient conducted from the one or more power sources, the controller configured to activate the clipper assembly to dissipate at least part of the voltage transient and to direct a remainder of the voltage transient to a ground reference responsive to the voltage transient exceeding a designated threshold,
the snubber assembly configured to dissipate at least part of the voltage transient and to direct a remainder of the voltage transient to the ground reference responsive to the voltage transient not exceeding the designated threshold.

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A system, comprising:

a controller configured to monitor voltage transients in a circuit of a powered system having one or more loads powered by one or more power sources, the controller configured to determine whether one or more of the voltage transients exceeds a threshold and, responsive to the one or more of the voltage transients exceeding the threshold, the controller is configured to activate a clipper assembly configured to be conductively coupled with the one or more power sources and the one or more loads in a location between the one or more power sources and the one or more loads to dissipate at least part of the one or more of the voltage transients that exceed the threshold and to direct a remainder of the one or more of the voltage transients that exceed the threshold to a ground reference;
and
a snubber assembly configured to dissipate at least part of the voltage transients that do not exceed the threshold and to direct a remainder of the voltage transients that do not exceed the threshold to the ground reference.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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