IP Library Granted Patent US 9,024,588
Granted Patent B2
US 9,024,588 · App. 13/470,208 · Granted May 5, 2015

Emergency power supply mechanism and procedure for the emergency power supply

Inventor: Tobias Rösmann (Dortmund, DE)
Assignee: Moog Unna GmbH
H02J9/061G08B21/00G01N27/02H02J7/00G01N27/416Y02B10/72
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Patent No.
US 9,024,588
App. No.
13/470,208
Granted
May 5, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An emergency power supply device is provided to supply emergency power to a direct voltage circuit. The direct voltage circuit has a first potential tap and a second potential tap, comprising an energy storage unit. The energy storage unit has a plus pole and a minus pole, and one of the poles is connected to the first potential tap via a first connection. The other pole is connected to the second potential tap via a second connection. At least one of the connections has a directional electric current meter and at least one of the connections has an interrupter. The directional electric current meter can measure a flow of charging current. The interrupter can prevent a flow of charging current, and the interrupter can be controlled as a function of the flow of charging current that has been measured.

Claims (13)

1. An emergency power supply device, comprising:

an energy storage unit, wherein the emergency power supply device supplies emergency power to a direct voltage circuit, and wherein the direct voltage circuit comprises a first potential tap and a second potential tap, and wherein the energy storage unit comprises a plus pole and a minus pole, and wherein one of the plus pole and the minus pole is connected to a first potential tap via a first connection, and wherein an other of the plus pole and the minus pole is connected to the second potential tap via a second connection, and wherein at least one of the connections comprises a directional electric current meter, and wherein at least one of the connections comprises an interrupter, and wherein the directional electric current meter is configured to measure a flow of charging current, and wherein the interrupter is configured to prevent a flow of charging current, and wherein the interrupter is configured to be controlled as a function of flow of the charging current that has been measured and whereby a connection between the energy storage unit and the direct voltage circuit in which a directional electric current meter is not provided has an additional decoupling component that prevents a flow of charging current of the energy storage unit.

2. The emergency power supply device of claim 1 wherein the directional electric current meter comprises:

a decoupling component;

a bypass diode; and

a current-measuring element, wherein the bypass diode and the current-measuring element are connected in a series connection, and wherein the decoupling component is connected in parallel to the series connection.

3. The emergency power supply device of claim 2 , wherein the interrupter is established by the current-measuring element.

4. The emergency power supply device of claim 3 , wherein the current-measuring element comprises a safety fuse.

5. The emergency power supply device of claim 4 , wherein the current-measuring element has a PTC thermistor.

6. The emergency power supply device of claim 2 , wherein the current-measuring element is connected to a signal element, and wherein the signal element outputs information about a status of the current-measuring element.

7. The emergency power supply device of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the connections comprises at least one switch, wherein the switch is configured to be controlled as a function of the information about the status of the current-measuring element.

8. The emergency power supply device of claim 6 , wherein the direct voltage circuit comprises a control unit, and wherein the signal element for relaying information about the status of the current-measuring element to the control unit is connected to the control unit.

9. The emergency power supply device according of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the connections comprises a decoupling component and at least one decoupling component is formed by at least one diode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2020
From: MOOG GMBH
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC RENOVABLES ESPANA, S.L.
Reel/Frame 053526/0093 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2012
From: ROSMANN, TOBIAS
To: MOOG UNNA GMBH
Reel/Frame 028429/0247 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 11165799 · May 12, 2011 · regional
Continuity (1)
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