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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2018
GE Aviation Systems Limited, Gloucestershire, GB;
Ross Williams, Gloucestershire, GB;
Peter James Handy, Gloucestershire, GB;
GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, Gloucestershire, GB;
Abstract
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.