Modular equipment center solid state primary power switching network

US9676351B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Mark S. Shander · Seattle, US
• N. Evan Lurton · Issaquah, US
• Thomas F. Currier · Lynnwood, US
• Todd B. Brouwer · Duvall, US
• Mark E. Liffring · Seattle, US
• Jon J. Dhondt · Snohomish, US
• Carolyn Kerr · Marysville, US
• Robert D. Holley · Seattle, US
• Lowell W. Schaffner · Seattle, US
• Eugene V. Solodovnik · Kenmore, US
• Terrance L. Thomas · Covington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 13, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 7, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H02J4/00
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A solid state primary power switching network for modular equipment centers (MECs) distributing primary power throughout a vehicle. The solid state primary power switching network includes multiple primary power switch network devices (PPSNDs) of a MEC for controlling and distributing primary power to other MECs spatially distribute throughout a vehicle. In one or more configurations, the PPSNDs have a universal structure in that each includes a common power input source and a plurality of common power outputs. In one or more configurations, primary power sources to the vehicle are switched without a perceivably visible break in power.