POWER SAFETY SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A PLURALITY OF THERMALLY-TRIGGERED ELECTRICAL BREAKING ARRANGEMENTS
First Claim
1. A power safety system (PSS) comprising:
- a plurality of thermally-triggered electrical breaking arrangements (TTEBAs) associated with a plurality of electrical devices (EDs) disposed external to the PSS; and
a plurality of electrical power connections (EPCs) associated with said plurality of TTEBAs that are configured to respectively electrically connect the PSS to the plurality of EDs,wherein when at least one TTEBA in the plurality of TTEBAs is electrically operative and at least one thermal event occurs that is sufficient to thermally activate said at least one electrically operative TTEBA, at least said EPC associated with said at least one thermally activated TTEBA is electrically broken.
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Abstract
A power safety system (PSS) includes a plurality of thermally-triggered electrical breaking arrangements (TTEBAs). The plurality of TTEBAs are associated with a plurality of electrical devices (EDs) disposed external to the PSS. The PSS further includes a plurality of electrical power connections (EPCs) associated with said plurality of TTEBAs that are configured to respectively electrically connect the PSS to the plurality of EDs. When at least one TTEBA in the plurality of TTEBAs is electrically operative and at least one thermal event occurs that is sufficient to thermally activate the at least one electrically operative TTEBA, at least the EPC associated with the at least one thermally activated TTEBA is electrically broken. A method to protect a human operator of the PSS from a thermal event is also presented. A PSS also extends to a primary and a secondary electrical charging system used to charge a battery of a vehicle.
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1. A power safety system (PSS) comprising:
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a plurality of thermally-triggered electrical breaking arrangements (TTEBAs) associated with a plurality of electrical devices (EDs) disposed external to the PSS; and a plurality of electrical power connections (EPCs) associated with said plurality of TTEBAs that are configured to respectively electrically connect the PSS to the plurality of EDs, wherein when at least one TTEBA in the plurality of TTEBAs is electrically operative and at least one thermal event occurs that is sufficient to thermally activate said at least one electrically operative TTEBA, at least said EPC associated with said at least one thermally activated TTEBA is electrically broken. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method to protect a human operator of a power safety system (PSS) (10) from a thermal event, comprising:
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providing the PSS that includes a plurality of thermally-triggered electrical breaking arrangements (TTEBAs) associated with a plurality of EDs disposed external to the PSS, the PSS configured for electrical communication with the plurality of EDs that further includes a respective electrical power connection (EPC) between the PSS (10) and the plurality of EDs, the PSS configured for electrical connection to at least one power source (PS) by the human operator; thermally activating at least one of the TTEBAs in the plurality of TTEBAs due to the thermal event when the PSS is electrically connected to said at least one PS; and electrically breaking said EPC associated with the said at least one thermally activated TTEBA. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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