US 2026/0188985 A1 · ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FOR DIRECTING POWER TO A PREMISES PANEL

Abstract

A home energy system includes a panel having a main breaker and an auxiliary breaker, and an interlock plate movable between a first position that blocks the main breaker in an open state while exposing the auxiliary breaker and a second position that exposes the main breaker while blocking the auxiliary breaker. A combiner box includes a housing, multiple input inlets that receive power from distributed energy sources, an output conductor directed toward the auxiliary breaker, and a switching element that selectively connects an input inlet to the output conductor. The auxiliary breaker is energized from an input inlet only when the interlock plate is in the first position and the switching element is in a conductive state.

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Dependent claims

A home energy system comprising:

a panel including a main breaker and an auxiliary breaker;
an interlock plate movable between a first position that blocks the main breaker in an open state and exposes the auxiliary breaker, and a second position that exposes the main breaker and blocks the auxiliary breaker;
a combiner box including a housing, a plurality of input inlets arranged to receive power from distributed energy sources, an output conductor directed toward the auxiliary breaker, and at least one switching element arranged to selectively connect one of the input inlets to the output conductor, wherein energization of the auxiliary breaker from any of the input inlets occurs only when the interlock plate is in the first position and the switching element is in a conductive state.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electrical systems for directing power to a premises panel

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Electrical systems for directing power to a premises panel

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Abstract

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