التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Redundant bus circuit breaker adapter assembly and power distribution system |
| Patent Number: |
11354,205 |
| تاريخ النشر: |
June 07, 2022 |
| Appl. No: |
17/512350 |
| Application Filed: |
October 27, 2021 |
| مستخلص: |
An apparatus, system and method of efficiently configuring a power distribution system includes the provision of a dual-bus power distribution assembly, each bus of which may be connected to power sources and where the circuit breakers are adapted such that power from either of the two buses can be routed to an electrical load to provide redundant or non-redundant power, as required. Each circuit breaker position is capable of being configured to connect between either of the two buses and an individual load equipment supply bus. The circuit breaker may be a plug-in type where one of the terminals is adapted by a part that may be installed in one of two orientations. In the first orientation a first bus is connected to the individual load equipment supply bus and in the second orientation the second bus is connected to the individual load equipment supply bus. |
| Inventors: |
C&C Power, Inc. (Carol Stream, IL, US) |
| Assignees: |
C&C Power, Inc. (Carol Stream, IL, US) |
| Claim: |
1. An apparatus comprising: a front panel having an aperture sized and dimensioned to accept a circuit breaker, the circuit breaker having a first terminal and a second terminal spaced apart by a first distance; a first common power bus; and a second common power bus, wherein the first common power bus and the second common power bus have plurality of first and second sleeve sockets, respectively, each of the first sleeve sockets and the second sleeve sockets disposed along a length along thereof and spaced apart by a distance equal to a centerline spacing between adjacent circuit breakers; a pair of sleeve sockets comprising a adjacent first sleeve socket and the second sleeve socket of the plurality of first and second sleeve sockets, spaced apart by a second distance; a plurality of third sleeve sockets, each third sleeve socket associated with the pair of sleeve sockets and having a conductive connection to an output terminal; and wherein the circuit breaker is adaptable by a conductive bracket part to mate with the third sleeve socket and a selectable one of the first or the second sleeve sockets of the pair of sleeve sockets. |
| Claim: |
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising at least one adapted circuit breaker inserted through the front panel and configured to be pluggably mate with the third sleeve socket and one of the pair of first and second sleeve sockets. |
| Claim: |
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the circuit breaker is adapted to include a bullet extension of the first terminal. |
| Claim: |
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the circuit breaker is adapted to include the conductive bracket part including a bullet extension, selectively positionable with respect to the second terminal of the circuit breaker in one of two alternate positions, so that the adapted circuit breaker pluggably mates with one of the first sleeve socket or the second sleeve socket and with the third sleeve socket to complete an electric circuit. |
| Claim: |
5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the conductive bracket part comprises a first portion having a through hole sized and dimensioned to conform to a diameter of the second terminal and a second portion having a stud for mounting the bullet extension. |
| Claim: |
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the conductive bracket part is secured to the second terminal in one of the alternate mating positions by a nut threaded onto the second terminal. |
| Claim: |
7. A circuit breaker adapter part, comprising: a conductive structure, being a section of a channel having a length less than or equal to a width of a circuit breaker and a first arm and a second arm disposed orthogonal to a connecting piece; and a bullet extension fastened to an outside face of the arm of the channel, wherein the second arm of the channel has a through-hole sized and dimensioned to accept a stud terminal of a circuit breaker, a centerline of the through-hole being parallel to a centerline of the bullet extension, wherein the circuit breaker adapter part is sized and dimensioned such that distance between the centerline of the through-hole and the centerline of the bullet extension is half of to distance between a first sleeve socket and a second sleeve socket of an apparatus to which the bullet extension is configured to be pluggably mated when mounted to the stud terminal of the circuit breaker. |
| Claim: |
8. The circuit breaker adapter part of claim 7 wherein the conductive structure is fabricated from copper, brass, or aluminum. |
| Claim: |
9. A kit, comprising: a conductive structure, being a section of a conductive channel having a length less than or equal to a width of a circuit breaker and a first arm and a second arm; and a bullet extension fastened to an outside face of the arm of the conductive channel, wherein the second arm of the conductive channel has a through-hole sized and dimensioned to accept a stud terminal of a circuit breaker, a centerline of the through-hole being parallel to a centerline of the bullet extension, wherein a adapter is sized and dimensioned such that distance between the centerline of the through-hole and the centerline of the bullet extension is half of the distance between first sleeve socket centerline and a second sleeve socket centerline of an apparatus to which the bullet extension is configured to be pluggably mated when mounted to the stud terminal of a circuit breaker; a nut sized and dimensioned to thread on to the stud terminal to fasten the conductive channel to the circuit breaker; and a circuit breaker having the stud terminal. |
| Claim: |
10. A method of supplying power to a plurality of loads, comprising: a front panel having an aperture sized and dimensioned to accept a circuit breaker, the circuit breaker having a first terminal and a second terminal spaced apart by a first distance; a first common bus; and a second common bus, wherein the first common bus and the second common bus have plurality of first and second sleeve sockets, respectively, each of the first sleeve sockets and the second sleeve sockets disposed horizontally along a length of a corresponding bus and spaced apart by a distance equal to a centerline spacing between adjacent circuit breakers; a pair of sleeve sockets comprising a first sleeve socket and a second sleeve socket of the plurality of first and second sleeve sockets, the first sleeve socket and the second sleeve sleeve socket of the pair of sleeve sockets spaced apart by a second distance; a plurality of third sleeve sockets, each third sleeve socket associated with the pair of sleeve sockets and having a conductive connection to an output terminal; and a common return terminal, wherein the circuit breaker is adaptable to mate with the third sleeve socket and a selectable one of the first or the second sleeve socket of an associated pair of sleeve sockets; the method further comprising; providing the circuit breaker; providing a circuit breaker adapter part; securing the circuit breaker adapter part to the circuit breaker in a one of two selectable orientations; and mating the adapted circuit breaker part with the third sleeve socket and one of the first or second sleeve sockets corresponding to the selected one of two selectable orientations. |
| Claim: |
11. A conductive adapter part, comprising: a first metallic plate adapted to bear on a surface; a second metallic plate spaced apart by a first distance from the first metallic plate by a web and facing the first metallic plate; wherein that first metallic plate has a first through-hole sized and dimensioned to accept a stud terminal of a circuit breaker, the first through-hole having a first centerline; and the second metallic plate having a through-hole or a stud having a second centerline; the distance between the first metallic plate and the second metallic plate being at least equal to a thickness of a nut to engage the stud terminal, a width of the adapter part being less than or equal to a width of the circuit breaker; and, when the part is rotated about the stud terminal from a first position to a second position, a second distance between the centerline of the bullet when in the first position is changed by a second distance equal, the second distance being equal to the spacing of the centerline of the the two adjacent sleeve sockets to which the circuit breaker is intended to mate. |
| Claim: |
12. The adapter part of claim 11 , further comprising: the stud terminal having a same thread pattern as a bullet extension; and the bullet extension, configured to mate with the sleeve socket and threaded onto the stud terminal. |
| Claim: |
13. The adapter part of claim 11 , further comprising: a stud terminal having a same thread pattern as a bullet extension; and the bullet extension, configured to mate with a sleeve socket, threaded onto the stud terminal, wherein the through-hole having the second centerline is a threaded through-hole. |
| Claim: |
14. The adapter part of claim 11 , further comprising: a bolt having a same thread pattern as a bullet extension; and the bullet extension, configured to mate with a sleeve socket, threaded onto the bolt, wherein the through-hole having the second centerline is sized and dimensioned to accept the bolt and the bolt is captivated to the second plate by the bullet extension. |
| Claim: |
15. The adapter part of claim 11 , wherein the first metal plate is a planar surface configured to bear against a conductive flat portion of the circuit breaker. |
| Claim: |
16. The adapter part of claim 11 , wherein the first metallic plate is a planar surface having a recessed portion surrounding the through-hole and configured to bear against a flat portion of the circuit breaker to locate an orientation of the adapter part. |
| Claim: |
17. A system for distributing electrical power, comprising: a dual-bus configuration where each bus is connectable to a separate source of electrical power; wherein the apparatus has a panel capable accepting a plurality of circuit breakers of differing operating characteristics; a separate output bus connectable to each electrical load; a plurality of plug-in circuit breakers, wherein each of the plug-in circuit breakers is adapted and configurable to connect between either bus of the dual-bus configuration and any separate output bus. |
| Claim: |
18. The system of claim 17 , where a first bus of the dual-bus apparatus is connectable to a first power source and a second bus of the dual-bus apparatus is connectable to a second power source. |
| Claim: |
19. The system of claim 17 wherein both buses of the dual-bus apparatus are connected to a common power source. |
| Claim: |
20. The system of claim 17 , at least one bus of the dual-bus configuration is connected to a power suitable to be connected to an output load. |
| Patent References Cited: |
2013/0201608 August 2013 Mills |
| Primary Examiner: |
Deberadinis, Robert L |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Crowell & Moring LLP |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edspgr.11354205 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
USPTO Patent Grants |