Quick automatic transfer switch device and operating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12556033-B2
Application number	US-202318564239-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2023
Priority date	Jun 30, 2022
Publication date	Feb 17, 2026
Grant date	Feb 17, 2026

Abstract

There is provided a quick automatic transfer switch device and an operating method thereof, including: a first power source input end; a second power source input end; output end; a first switch element coupled between the first power source input end and a third switch element; a second switch element coupled between the second power source input end and the third switch element; the third switch element coupled between the first and second switch elements and the output end; a fourth switch element coupled with the first power source input end and the second power source input end and coupled to a power source transfer circuit; the power source transfer circuit coupled with the fourth switch element and the output end; and a control circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A quick automatic transfer switch device, comprising:
a first power source input end configured to receive a first power source signal from a first power source, wherein the first power source is a DC power source, or an AC power source including a single-phase AC power source; a second power source input end configured to receive a second power source signal from a second power source, wherein the second power source is a DC power source, or an AC power source including a single-phase AC power source; an output end, connected to a load, wherein the load includes an AC and DC compatible load, an AC load or a DC load: a first switch element coupled between the first power source input end and a third switch element, wherein the first switch element includes a semiconductor switch; a second switch element coupled between the second power source input end and the third switch element, wherein the second switch element includes a semiconductor switch; the third switch element coupled between the first and second switch elements and the output end and configured to selectively switch to couple one of the first switch element or the second switch element to the output end; a fourth switch element coupled with the first power source input end and the second power source input end and configured to selectively switch to couple one of the first power source input end or the second power source input end to a power source transfer circuit; the power source transfer circuit coupled between the fourth switch element and the output end and configured to selectively perform transferring based on a first power source signal and/or a second power source signal; and a control circuit configured to acquire a first state of the first power source and/or a second state of the second power source, and control, based on the first state of the first power source and/or the second state of the second power source, at least one of: on and off of the first switch element and/or the second switch element, selective switching of the third switch element and/or the fourth switch element, or transferring of the power source transfer circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to: when the first power source signal is transmitted to the output end via the first switch element and the third switch element and the second power source signal is transmitted to the power source transfer circuit via the fourth switch element, in a case that the first state of the first power source is abnormal, control the first switch element to turn off while controlling the power source transfer circuit to perform transferring based on the first power source signal and/or the second power source signal to generate a transferred signal and output the transferred signal to the output end, control the third switch element to switch to couple the second switch element to the output end, and control the power source transfer circuit to stop outputting the transferred signal and control the second switch element to turn on to output the second power source signal to the output end in response to the second power source signal and the transferred signal being the same.

2 . The quick automatic transfer switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to control the first switch element to turn off while controlling the power source transfer circuit to selectively transfer an amplitude and/or phase and/or frequency of the transferred signal in a case that the first state of the first power source is abnormal.

3 . The quick automatic transfer switch device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second power source signal and the transferred signal being the same comprises: only amplitudes of the second power source signal and the transferred signal being the same in a case that the second power source signal and the transferred signal include a DC signal.

4 . The quick automatic transfer switch device according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit is configured to: when the second power source signal is transmitted to the output end via the second switch element and the third switch element and the first power source signal is transmitted to the power source transfer circuit via the fourth switch element, in a case that the second state of the second power source is abnormal, control the second switch element to turn off while controlling the power source transfer circuit to perform transferring based on the first power source signal and/or the second power source signal to generate a transferred signal, control the third switch element to switch to couple the first switch element to the output end, and control the power source transfer circuit to stop outputting the transferred signal and control the first switch element to turn on to output the first power source signal to the output end based on the first power source signal and the transferred signal.

5 . The quick automatic transfer switch device according to claim 4 , wherein the control circuit is configured to control the second switch element to turn off while controlling the power source transfer circuit to selectively transfer an amplitude and/or phase and/or frequency of the transferred signal in a case that the second state of the second power source is abnormal.

6 . The quick automatic transfer switch device according to claim 4 , wherein the control circuit is configured to control the power source transfer circuit to stop outputting the transferred signal and control the first switch element to turn on to output the first power source signal to the output end in response to the first power source signal and the transferred signal being the same,
wherein the first power source signal and the transferred signal being the same comprises: only an amplitudes of the first power source signal and the transferred signal being the same in a case that the first power source signal and the transferred signal include a DC signal.

7 . An operating method of a quick automatic transfer switch device comprising a first power source input end, a second power source input end, an output end, a first switch element coupled between the first power source input end and a third switch element, a second switch element coupled between the second power source input end and the third switch element, the third switch element coupled between the first and second switch elements and the output end, a fourth switch element coupled with the first power source input end and the second power source input end, a power source transfer circuit coupled between the fourth switch element and the output end, and a control circuit, the method comprising:
receiving a first power source signal from a first power source through the first power source input end and receiving a second power source signal from a second power source through the second power source input end; selectively switching by the third switch element to couple one of the first switch element or the second switch element to the output end; selectively switching by the fourth switch element to transmit one of the first power source signal or the second power source signal to the power source transfer circuit; and detecting a first state of the first power source and/or a second state of the second power source, and controlling, by the control circuit based on the first state of the first power source and/or the second state of the second power source, at least one of: off and on of the first switch element and/or the second switch element, selective switching of the third switch element and/or the fourth switch element, or transferring of the power source transfer circuit, wherein, controlling, by the control circuit based on the first state of the first power source and/o

Assignees

• Schneider Electric Ind Sas

Inventors

• Song Yangfeng
• Shi Ying
• Chen Xiaohang
• Dong Jihua
• Chen Jiamin

Classifications

• H02J9/062

  for AC powered loads · CPC title

• H02J9/061

  for DC powered loads · CPC title

• H02J3/007

  Arrangements for selectively connecting one or more loads to one or more power sources or power lines · CPC title

• H02J9/068 Primary

  Electronic means for switching from one power supply to another power supply, e.g. to avoid parallel connection · CPC title

• H01H3/32

  Driving mechanisms, i.e. for transmitting driving force to the contacts (snap-action arrangements H01H5/00; introducing a predetermined time delay H01H7/00) · CPC title