IP Library Granted Patent US 10,263,431
Granted Patent B2
US 10,263,431 · App. 14/827,065 · Granted Apr 16, 2019

Supply system for electronic boards of an electrical distribution system

Inventors: Jean-Clair Pradier (Houilles, FR); Jean-Pierre Balbinot (Le Kremlin-Bicetre, FR)
Assignee: ZODIAC AERO ELECTRIC
H02J5/00H02J1/12H02M3/04H05K7/1457
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Patent No.
US 10,263,431
App. No.
14/827,065
Granted
Apr 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Supply system for electronic boards of an electrical distribution system comprising at least two protection boards ( 2 a, 2 b ) each able to control the supply of at least one protected pathway ( 3 a, 3 b ) on the basis of a power line ( 4 a, 4 b ), characterized by the fact that each protection board ( 2 a, 2 b ) comprises at least one voltage converter ( 13 a, 13 b ) able to provide an internal supply voltage of the protection board on the basis of a supply voltage, the voltage converter ( 13 a ) of a first protection board ( 2 a ) being connected to at least one second protection board ( 2 b ) so as to be able to provide the internal supply of the second protection board ( 2 b ) in case of failure of the voltage converter ( 13 b ) of the second protection board ( 2 b ).

Claims (17)

1. Supply system for electronic boards of an electrical distribution system comprising at least two protection boards ( 2 a , 2 b ) each able to supply power from a power line ( 4 a , 4 b ) by way of separate protected pathways ( 3 a , 3 b ), wherein each protection board ( 2 a , 2 b ) comprises at least one voltage converter ( 13 a , 13 b ) able to provide an internal supply voltage of the protection board on the basis of a supply voltage,

wherein the voltage converter ( 13 a ) of a first protection board ( 2 a ) is connected to at least one second protection board ( 2 b ) so as to be able to provide the internal supply of the second protection board ( 2 b ) in case of failure of the voltage converter ( 13 b ) of the second protection board ( 2 b ),

an interconnection means able to provide the internal supply of a first protection board ( 2 a ) with the voltage provided by the voltage converter ( 13 b ) of a second protection board ( 2 b ) when the voltage provided by the voltage converter ( 13 a ) of the first protection board ( 2 a ) is absent,

the interconnection means comprising the voltage converter ( 13 a ) of the first protection board ( 2 a ) linked at input to the power line and to the auxiliary supply line,

the voltage converter ( 13 a ) being linked at output to a protection unit ( 19 ) which is itself connected at output to a first diode ( 20 ) by its anode, the cathode of the first diode ( 20 ) being connected to the common backup supply bus ( 18 ),

the anode of a second diode ( 21 ) being connected between the output of the voltage converter and the input of the protection unit ( 19 ), the cathode of the second diode ( 21 ) being connected to the internal supply of the first protection board ( 2 a ), and

the interconnection means comprising an input connected to the common backup supply bus ( 18 ) and linked to a first terminal of a breaker ( 22 ), the second terminal of the breaker ( 22 ) being connected to the anode of a third diode ( 23 ), the cathode of the third diode ( 23 ) being linked to the cathode of the second diode ( 21 ) and to the internal supply of the first protection board ( 2 a ).

2. System according to claim 1 , in which the voltage converter ( 13 a , 13 b ) is able to be supplied by the power line ( 4 a , 4 b ) and by an auxiliary supply line ( 5 a , 5 b ) exhibiting different voltages.

3. System according to claim 1 , comprising a passive means of supply selection able to provide the internal supply of a first protection board ( 2 a ) with the voltage provided by the voltage converter ( 13 b ) of a second protection board ( 2 b ) when the voltage provided by the voltage converter ( 13 a ) of the first protection board ( 2 a ) is absent, and in which

the passive means of supply selection comprises a first input connected to the voltage converter ( 13 b ) of a second protection board ( 2 b ) and a second input connected to the voltage converter ( 13 a ) of the first protection board ( 2 a ) and an output connected to the internal supply of the first protection board ( 2 a );

the first input is connected to the anode of a first diode ( 15 ), the cathode of the first diode ( 15 ) being connected to the anode of a second diode ( 16 ), the cathode of the second diode ( 16 ) being connected to the output; and

the second input is connected to the anode of a third diode ( 17 ), the cathode of the third diode ( 17 ) being connected to the output.

4. System according to claim 1 , in which the voltage converter of each protection board is connected to the internal supply of at least one other protection board by way of a common backup supply bus ( 18 ).

5. System according to claim 4 , in which the voltage converter of each protection board is able to provide the internal supply of at least two protection boards.

6. System according to claim 1 , in which each connection between a voltage converter of a first protection board and the internal supply of another board is protected at input by a fuse intended to isolate the voltage converter of the first board from the internal supply of a second board so as to limit the propagation of a fault of the voltage converter of the first board to the internal supply of the second board, and

each connection also being protected at output by a protection unit ( 19 ) so as to avoid propagation of a fault of the internal supply of the second board to the voltage converter of the first board.

7. System according to claim 6 , in which a protection unit ( 19 ) is a discrete with limitation based on current or a fuse.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2021
From: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE COCKPIT SOLUTIONS
To: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
Reel/Frame 055074/0024 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 29, 2021
From: ZODIAC AERO ELECTRIC
To: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE COCKPIT SOLUTIONS
Reel/Frame 055177/0037 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2015
From: PRADIER, JEAN-CLAIR; BALBINOT, JEAN-PIERRE
To: ZODIAC AERO ELECTRIC
Reel/Frame 037047/0610 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 14 57845 · Aug 14, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160049795A1 · Feb 18, 2016