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US 8,911,248 B1Granted
Busbar connection assembly
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsKelsey Michelle Wildstone, Rick Alan Vogt
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for a busbar connection assembly that may be used in, for example, a datacenter. The busbar connection assembly may have multiple conductive plates that are configured to insert between busbar plates of a power bus for the datacenter. The busbar connection assembly may further include multiple slots that are configured to receive the busbar plates of the power bus for the datacenter. The busbar connection assembly may serve as an electrical connection for various purposes.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- removing a primary power connection from a device in a datacenter;
- removing a power connection between the device and a power bus in a switchboard in the datacenter, the power bus being in electrical connection with a computing device;
- electrically coupling a busbar connection assembly to the power bus;
- electrically coupling the busbar connection assembly to a backup power source;
- and
- providing the computing device with a backup power using the backup power source via the busbar connection assembly.
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A system, comprising:
- a datacenter device electrically coupled to a primary power source;
- a switchboard comprising a power bus, wherein the power bus is electrically coupled to the datacenter device and a computing device;
- a backup power source;
- and
- a busbar connection assembly configured to be electrically coupled to the backup power source, wherein the busbar connection assembly is further configured to provide backup power to the computing device by being electrically coupled to the power bus upon the power bus being disconnected from the datacenter device and further upon the datacenter device being disconnected from the primary power source.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a busbar connection assembly that comprises:
- a power cable that electrically couples to a backup power source;
- and
- a conductive plate that electrically couples to a power bus of a switchboard;
- and
- wherein the busbar connection assembly provides backup power to a computing device by being electrically coupled to the power bus upon the power bus being disconnected from a datacenter device and further upon the datacenter device being disconnected from a primary power source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.