Ge Aviation Systems Limited

Ross Jonathan Williams

Colin John Halsey

Michael David Bailey

Peter James Handy

A solid state storage system includes a pressure-sealed storage unit defining an interior and having an outlet, an upper manifold and a lower manifold separated by a dividing plane having a set of ports, a set of chambers, and a solid state storage, wherein at least some gas is supplied to the outlet.

Solid state delivery system

A hydrogen storage system includes a pressure-sealed storage unit defining an interior and having an outlet, an upper manifold and a lower manifold separated by a dividing plane having a set of ports, a set of chambers, and a hydrogen storage, wherein at least some hydrogen gas is supplied to the outlet.

A circuit to mitigate arc failures in an electrical power distribution system can include a solid state distribution system connected to a source of power and to a load, a solid state power controller (SSPC) having a set of field effect transistors (FETs) responsive to command signals from the SSPC wherein an arc in a wire bond of a failed FET can trigger a predetermined sequence to quench the arc and isolate remaining wire bond material in the failed FET from contaminating a creepage path.

Arc mitigation in electrical power distribution system

A modular power system includes a plurality of electronic modules, the plurality of modules is arranged in a manner that each of the modules is detachable from the others, and adjacent modules are in fluid communication with each other through a passage, and at least one thermally activated element is disposed within each said passage. In normal operation, the thermally activated element is in an unexpanded state, and fluid communication between the plurality of modules is allowable through a space between the thermally activated element and the passage, and in a failure event when at least one of the modules fails, the thermally activated element is activated and expanded to block the passage between the failed module and the other modules. A method of mitigating failure propagation between a plurality of modules in the modular power system is also described.

Modular power system and method of mitigating failure propagation between a plurality of modules in a modular power system

A system for aircraft power distribution () includes a source of energy () to deliver an input power; a bus contactor (); a set of switches () connected between the bus contactor and a set of essential and non-essential devices (); a current analysis component () to determine a power level drawn from the source of current by the set of essential and non-essential devices (); a variation reduction component () to determine an energization schedule of the set of essential and non-essential devices () based on reducing temporal variation in the input power drawn from the source of energy () to the bus contactor (); and a switch control component () configured to adjust the set of switches () according to the energization schedule. If too much power is drawn, the set of switches () will be configured such as not to exceed the maximum power rating of the source ().

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Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Ross Jonathan Williams