Power node control center
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1. An electrical modular power node comprising:
- a. a power bus backplane containing a plurality of bus bars at least some of which are connectable to at least one power source, each bus bar having a plurality of terminals at regular intervals along the bus bar, each terminal being in a standard position in a pattern with terminals from the other bus bars and al terminal patterns being in a standard orientation on the backplane; and
b. a plurality of functional modules, each housing circuitry having at least one connector for a connection to at least one terminal on a bus bar and including bounding faces conforming to bounding faces of adjacent modules when also connected to the backplane, said modules providing geometrical packages for enclosing and supporting functional components, circuitry and connectors for electrically connecting the functional components and circuitry to the appropriate terminals, the connectors facing the power bus backplane being positioned to connect with specific terminals within each pattern on the bus bars such that each pattern of terminals on the backplane will accept minimum dimension modules at each terminal position without interfering with other module at other terminal positions.
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An electrical modular power node comprising a power bus backplane containing a plurality of bus bars, at least some of which are connectable to at least one power source, each bus bar having a plurality of terminals at regular intervals along the bus bar, each terminal being in a standard position in a pattern with terminals from the other bus bars and all terminal patterns being in a standard orientation on the backplane, and a plurality of functional modules, each housing circuitry having at least one connector for a connection to at least one terminal on one of the bus bars.
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1. An electrical modular power node comprising:
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a. a power bus backplane containing a plurality of bus bars at least some of which are connectable to at least one power source, each bus bar having a plurality of terminals at regular intervals along the bus bar, each terminal being in a standard position in a pattern with terminals from the other bus bars and al terminal patterns being in a standard orientation on the backplane; and b. a plurality of functional modules, each housing circuitry having at least one connector for a connection to at least one terminal on a bus bar and including bounding faces conforming to bounding faces of adjacent modules when also connected to the backplane, said modules providing geometrical packages for enclosing and supporting functional components, circuitry and connectors for electrically connecting the functional components and circuitry to the appropriate terminals, the connectors facing the power bus backplane being positioned to connect with specific terminals within each pattern on the bus bars such that each pattern of terminals on the backplane will accept minimum dimension modules at each terminal position without interfering with other module at other terminal positions. - 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, 43, 46, 47, 48)
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26. In an electrical modular power node including a power bus backplane containing a plurality of bus bars at least some of which are connectable to at least one power source, each bus bar having terminals spaced along the bus bar, each terminal being in a predetermined position in a pattern, and a plurality of functional modules, each housing at least one functional component and circuitry having at least one connector for connection to at least one terminal on a bus bar to provide output required by a load, the improvement characterized by
a. respective ones of the bus bars running in a first direction and being adapted to carry differing phases and/or polarities of power with plural ones of said bars carrying individual phases and/or polarities being connected together by tie bars extending generally transversely to said first direction, with the bus bars and tie bars of respective phases/polarities being generally coplanar and perpendicularly spaced from one another.
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49. A modular electrical power node comprising:
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a. a plurality of functional modules each contained in a housing adapted for complemental joining with other ones of said functional modules and with a power bus backplane, at least some of said functional modules comprising at least one of rectifying means, voltage regulation means, pulse and other wave form generation means, voltage transformation means and/or power sensing and limiting means, at least of some of said functional modules further comprising; i. circuitry and at least one component for modifying power passing between the module and the backplane, connecting to terminals affixed to and capable of supporting the module to some extent through electrical and mechanical plug-compatible connection to terminals on said backplane; b. a control module contained in a housing adapted for complemental joining with at least one of said functional modules and with said backplane, comprising; i. programmable microprocessor means for controlling operation of at least one of said functional modules according to preselected instructions and operating and performance criteria including at least one of voltage and current limits, voltage polarity, surge criteria, temperature limits, humidity limits, shock limits and alternating current phase parameters; c. the power bus backplane having a plurality of bus bars, at least some of which are connectable to at least one power source, each bus bar having terminals spaced along the bus bar in predetermined positions in a pattern, with respective ones of the bus bars running in a first direction and being adapted to carry differing phases and/or polarities of power with plural ones of said bars carrying individual phases and/or polarities being connected together by tie bars extending generally transversely to said first direction, with the bus bars and tie bars of respective phases/polarities being generally coplanar and perpendicularly spaced from one another with said plural connected bus bars being grouped in sets, each set embracing at least two bus bars and being adapted to carry power having phase and/or polarity differing from power carried by other sets, said sets being transversely spaced one from another, with bus connectors of each set being connected together by ties extending transversely to the first direction, bus conductors of each set being laterally spaced from one another in a second direction transversely to said first direction, the sets being transversely spaced one from another in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second direction so that the bus conductors and the ties of respective sets carrying respective individual phases and/or polarities are co-planar and perpendicularly spaced from one another; and d. plug-compatible means on said backplane and at least one of said modules for electrically connecting said module to at least some of said bus bars of said backplane. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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