IP Library Granted Patent US 9,837,854
Granted Patent B2
US 9,837,854 · App. 14/416,876 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Uninterruptible power supply system

Inventors: Jun-Su Kim (Gwangyang-si, KR); Byeong Gwon Park (Gwangyang-si, KR); Hyun Seong Kim (Suncheon-si, KR); Tae Yeol Kwon (Gwangyang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO
H02J9/061H02J9/062H02J2009/068Y10T307/62
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Patent No.
US 9,837,854
App. No.
14/416,876
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an uninterruptible power supply system, including a sub power supply device configured to supply or cut off sub input power to a load device; a battery configured to supply or cut off battery input power to the load device; and an uninterruptible power supply device that is electrically connected to the sub power supply device and the battery, and when main input power is selectively received and supplied to the load device or the battery input power is selectively received and supplied to the load device, determines whether the main input power and the battery input power are within a predetermined reference main input power range and reference battery input power range, and when the main input power and the battery input power are outside of the reference main input power range and the reference battery input power range, receives the sub input power and supplies the power to the load device.

Claims (21)

1. An uninterruptible power supply system, comprising:

a sub power supply device configured to supply or cut off sub input power to a load device;

a battery configured to supply or cut off battery input power to the load device; and

an uninterruptible power supply device that is electrically connected to the sub power supply device and the battery, and when main input power is selectively received and supplied to the load device or the battery input power is selectively received and supplied to the load device, determines whether the main input power and the battery input power are within a predetermined reference main input power range and reference battery input power range, and when the main input power and the battery input power are outside of the reference main input power range and the reference battery input power range, receives the sub input power and supplies the power to the load device,

wherein the uninterruptible power supply device includes:

a main switching unit configured to selectively provide the main input power or the battery input power;

an input power determining unit configured to determine whether the main input power or the battery input power output from the main switching unit is outside of the reference main input power range or the reference battery input power range;

a driving operation power supplying unit electrically connected to the input power determining unit and configured to supply driving operation power to the input power determining unit;

an input power output unit that is electrically connected to the input power determining unit, and when main input power or battery input power is determined by the input power determining unit to be within the reference main input power range or the reference battery input power range, selectively provides the main input power or the battery input power to the load device by a switching turn on operation of the main switching unit; and

a sub switching unit that is electrically connected to the sub power supply device and the input power determining unit, and when main input power and battery input power are determined by the input power determining unit to be outside of the reference main input power range and the reference battery input power range and the input power determining unit provides a switching turn off signal to the main switching unit, receives a switching turn on signal from the input power determining unit, performs a switching turn on operation, and provides the sub input power supplied from the sub power supply device to the load device through the input power output unit.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the main switching unit includes:

a main static switch configured to selectively provide the main input power; and

a first driving element electrically connected to the main static switch and configured to drive such that a switching turn on signal is selectively provided to the main static switch.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the input power determining unit includes:

an input power detecting element electrically connected to the main switching unit and configured to detect the main input power or the battery input power output from the main switching unit; and

an input power determining element electrically connected to the input power detecting element and configured to determine whether the main input power and the battery input power detected by the input power detecting element are outside of the reference main input power range and the reference battery input power range.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the sub switching unit includes:

a second driving element that is electrically connected to the sub power supply device and the input power determining unit, and when the main input power and the battery input power are determined by the input power determining unit to be outside of the reference main input power range and the reference battery input power range and the input power determining unit provides a switching turn off signal to the main switching unit, drives such that a switching turn on signal is received from the input power determining unit and a switching turn on operation is performed; and

a sub static switch that is electrically connected to the sub power supply device and the second driving element, performs a switching turn on operation by driving of the second driving element, and provides the sub input power supplied from the sub power supply device to the load device through the input power output unit.

5. The system according to claim 4 , wherein the sub static switch is connected in parallel with the main switching unit in a redundant manner.

6. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising an identifying unit that is electrically connected to the input power determining unit, and when at least one of the main input power and battery input power is determined by the input power determining unit to be outside of at least one range of the reference main input power range and the reference battery input power range, identifies an abnormal situation of current input power.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
To: POSCO CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061777/0943 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: POSCO
To: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
Reel/Frame 061561/0831 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2015
From: KIM, JUN-SU; PARK, BYEONG GWON; KIM, HYUN SEONG; KWON, TAE YEOL
To: POSCO
Reel/Frame 034800/0331 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0080728 · Jul 24, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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