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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Pierluigi Tenca, Munich, DE;
Christof Martin Sihler, Karlsruhe, DE;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A bus for distributing electrical power to a plurality of sets of electrical devices is disclosed. The bus includes one or more bus separators and a plurality of bus sections. The plurality of bus sections includes at least a first bus section and a second bus section electrically coupled to each other via a bus separator, where the first bus section is electrically connectable to a first set of electrical devices having a first importance metric and the second bus section is electrically connectable to a second set of electrical devices having a second importance metric different from the first importance metric. The bus separator is configured to isolate the first bus section and the second bus section based on occurrence of a fault condition. A Direct Current power distribution system employing the bus and a method for distributing electrical power via the bus are also disclosed.