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US 7,679,313 B2Granted
Power delivery system including interchangeable cells
AssigneeSiemens Industry, Inc.
InventorsMarc F. Aiello, Xuan Zhang
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Abstract
A power cell system includes a structure that provides multiple power cell locations. The system also includes at least one regenerative power cell, and at least one non-regenerative power cell. The cell locations and power cells are sized and positioned so that each cell location may interchangeably accept either a regenerative power cell or a non-regenerative power cell.
Claims18
A power cell system, comprising:
- a support structure comprising a plurality of cell locations;
- at least one regenerative power cell configured to function as a regenerative power cell;
- and
- at least one non-regenerative power cell configured to function as a non-regenerative power cell;
- wherein the cell locations and power cells are sized and positioned so that each cell location may interchangeably accept either a regenerative power cell or a non-regenerative power cell;
- and
- wherein positioning of the power cells is configured such that both the at least one regenerative power cell and the at least one non-regenerative power cell are concurrently functioning to either provide power to or absorb power from a load.
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A power cell system, comprising:
- a plurality of support rails and a back plane that are connected to provide a plurality of cell locations;
- at least one regenerative power cell configured to function as a regenerative power cell;
- and
- at least one non-regenerative power cell configured to function as a non-regenerative power cell;
- wherein the cell locations and power cells are sized and positioned so that each cell location may interchangeably accept either a regenerative power cell or a non-regenerative power cell;
- wherein positioning of the power cells is configured such that both the at least one regenerative power cell and the at least one non-regenerative power cell are concurrently functioning to either provide power to or absorb power from a load;
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- wherein each power cell comprises a chassis, and each chassis in the system has substantially the same size and shape as the chassis for a plurality of other power cells in the system.
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A power delivery system, comprising:
- a support structure comprising a plurality of cell locations;
- at least one regenerative power cell configured to function as a regenerative power cell;
- and
- at least one non-regenerative power cell configured to function as a non-regenerative power cell;
- wherein the cell locations and power cells are sized and positioned so that each cell location may interchangeably accept either a regenerative power cell or a non-regenerative power cell;
- wherein positioning of the power cells is configured such that both the at least one regenerative power cell and the at least one non-regenerative power cell are concurrently functioning to either provide power to or absorb power from a load;
- wherein each power cell comprises a chassis, and each chassis in the system has substantially the same size and shape as the chassis for a plurality of other power cells in the system;
- and
- wherein each cell location comprises a plurality of support rails, a power delivery bus positioned to electrically connect with an input bus of a power cell that is in the cell location, and a power output bus positioned to electrically connect with an input bus of the power cell that is in the cell location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.