Modular equipment center solid state primary power switching network

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.

Description

technical field [0001] The field of embodiments presented herein is directed toward modular vehicle mechanisms, and more particularly, toward power switching within distributed power and data aircraft structures. Background technique [0002] Most commercial aircraft have one or more centralized equipment mounts for housing power and communications equipment. Power and data self-centralized equipment bases are distributed throughout the aircraft to control all functions within the aircraft. The centralized equipment bases are displaced from one another across one or more segment discontinuities within the aircraft. Typically, one centralized equipment base is in the forward section and the other centralized equipment base is within the aft section of the aircraft. [0003] A generator driven by the main propulsion engine generates three-phase primary power for the aircraft. Primary power is routed first to the rear equipment base, and then through the aircraft to the fron...

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Problems solved by technology

Once the section installation has been tested, it is possible to perform the final assembly of the sections forming the aircraft, which will fix the errors found, after this stage the correction will be more difficult due to the limited accessibility

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