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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2010
Johannes Antonius Van Vliet, Schenefeld, DE;
Robert Paul Kleihorst, Best, NL;
Bernhard Wagner, Hamburg, DE;
Marinus Johannes Adrianus Maria Van Helvoort, Leende, NL;
Peter-christian Erich Heinrich Hans-joachim Leymann, Hamburg, DE;
Arno Ostendorf, Bargteheide, DE;
Johannes Antonius Van Vliet, Schenefeld, DE;
Robert Paul Kleihorst, Best, NL;
Bernhard Wagner, Hamburg, DE;
Marinus Johannes Adrianus Maria Van Helvoort, Leende, NL;
Peter-Christian Erich Heinrich Hans-Joachim Leymann, Hamburg, DE;
Arno Ostendorf, Bargteheide, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an electrical power distribution apparatus () connectible to one or more loads (). The electrical power distribution apparatus () comprises inter alia one or more taps () for supplying the loads () with electrical power. On top of circuit breakers () to switch off the power supply in order to protect the loads against damage, there is also arranged a second layer of soft fuse switches () which are arranged to switch on or off the power supply at the taps () to control distribution of the power. The soft fuses () operate in dependence on and in response to commands issued from a controller () which in turn operates and issues those commands in response to and independence on the voltages and amperages monitored at those taps () by way of a monitoring module (). Switching on/off occurs at amperage and voltages lower than the critical threshold values to which the circuit breakers () respond to.