A mobile application including a motive power circuit including a power storage device and an electrical load, where the power storage device and the electrical load are selectively electrically coupled through a power bus; a power distribution unit (PDU) electrically interposed between the power storage device and the electrical load, wherein the PDU comprises a breaker/relay including: a fixed contact electrically coupled to the power bus; a movable contact selectively electrically coupled to the fixed contact; an armature operationally coupled to the movable contact; a first biasing member biasing the armature; a contact force spring operationally interposed between the armature and the movable contact; and a means for adjusting an opening velocity of the moveable contact during a run-time operation of the power bus, wherein the opening velocity comprises an initial velocity of the moveable contact away from the fixed contact in response to a physical opening response.
System, method, and apparatus for power distribution in an electric mobile application using a combined breaker and relay
2021-09-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | H02H EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS , Schutzschaltungsanordnungen / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES / H01H Elektrische Schalter , ELECTRIC SWITCHES / H02M APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS , Anlagen zur Umformung von Wechselstrom in Wechselstrom, von Wechselstrom in Gleichstrom oder umgekehrt, oder von Gleichstrom in Gleichstrom und zur Verwendung in Netzen oder ähnlichen Stromversorgungssystemen / H02P CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS , Steuern oder Regeln von elektrischen Motoren, elektrischen Generatoren, dynamoelektrischen Umformern / H05K PRINTED CIRCUITS , Gedruckte Schaltungen |
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