Shore power access system
OwnerKim Slocuminventor
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Abstract
A shore power access system (10) for directing shore power to a power distribution center (34) of a boat (12) includes at least two shore power inlets (30) mountable onboard the boat. The shore power inlets (30) are connectable with a source (40) of shore power located off-board the boat (12) to receive shore power from the off-board source. Actuatable switching devices (32) establish an electrical connection between one of the shore power inlets (30) and the boat power distribution center (34). The switching devices (32) are operatively connectable to the shore power inlets (30) and to the boat power distribution center (34). The switching devices (32) are actuatable manually or automatically.
Claims12
A shore power access system for directing shore power to a power distribution center of a boat, the shore power access system comprising:
- at least two shore power inlets mountable onboard the boat, the shore power inlets being connectable with a source of shore power located off-board the boat to receive shore power from the off-board source;
- actuatable switching means for establishing an electrical connection between one of the shore power inlets and the boat power distribution center, the switching means being operatively connectable to the shore power inlets and to the boat power distribution center;
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- actuating means for actuating the switching means in response to a connection between the off-board source of shore power and one of the shore power inlets to direct shore power to the boat power distribution center.
A shore power access system comprising:
- a first shore power inlet comprising a first hot wire, a first neutral wire, and a first ground wire;
- a second shore power inlet comprising a second hot wire, a second neutral wire, and a second ground wire;
- a ground bus having an electrical connection with the first ground wire and the second ground wire;
- a boat power distribution center;
- hot wire switching means operatively connected with the first and second hot wires and the boat power distribution center, the hot wire switching means being actuatable to a first condition making a connection between the first hot wire and the boat power distribution center and breaking a connection between the second hot wire and the boat power distribution center, the hot wire switching means being actuatable to a second condition making the connection between the second hot wire and the boat power distribution center and breaking the connection between the first hot wire and the boat power distribution center;
- neutral wire switching means operatively connected with the first and second neutral wires and the boat power distribution center, the neutral wire switching means being actuatable to a first condition making a connection between the first neutral wire and the boat power distribution center and breaking a connection between the second neutral wire and the boat power distribution center, the neutral wire switching means being actuatable to a second condition making the connection between the second neutral wire and the boat power distribution center and breaking the connection between the first neutral wire and the boat power distribution center;
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- actuating means for actuating the hot wire switching means and the neutral wire switching means between their respective first and second conditions, the actuating means being configured to prevent one of the hot wire switching means and the neutral wire switching means from being actuated to the first condition while the other of the hot wire switching means and the neutral wire switching means is actuated to the second condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.