Three-phase electrical energy distribution system furnished with a means of guidance of electric arcs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9614357-B2
Application number	US-201514640305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2015
Priority date	Mar 7, 2014
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

A three-phase electrical energy distribution system includes a set of current distribution bars extending side by side and clad with an insulator. The bars include opposing insulator-free zones. The electrical energy distribution system finds application to the three-phase electrical energy distribution systems embedded aboard an aircraft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A three-phase electrical energy distribution system, comprising: a set of current distribution bars extending side by side and clad with an insulator, wherein the bars comprise opposing insulator-free zones; and an enclosure internally delimiting a trapping cavity and comprising: an anterior face through which an arc propagating in the distribution bars and guided along the opposing insulator-free zones is introduced into the cavity; a peripheral wall; and a posterior wall furnished with passages for the distribution bars; and wherein the anterior face of said enclosure is opened to receive an arc propagating in the distribution bars, the posterior wall of said enclosure is closed and only furnished with the passages for the current distribution bars, and the peripheral wall of said enclosure is formed by a set of four sides extending axially from the posterior wall and surrounds a part of said current distribution bars.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein a pattern of the insulator-free zones is adapted so that the said zones constitute means of guidance of an electric arc liable to propagate along the bars.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the insulator-free zones form electrically conducting longitudinal bands.

4. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the current distribution bars comprise three current distribution bars extending side by side, wherein the three current distribution bars include two lateral bars and a middle bar between the two lateral bars, wherein the middle bar comprises lateral faces turned towards the lateral bars each lateral face comprising at least one insulator-free zone, and wherein lateral faces of the lateral bars, that are turned towards the middle bar, have at least one corresponding insulator-free zone.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the insulator-free zones form electrically conducting longitudinal bands.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the current distribution bars comprise three current distribution bars extending side by side, wherein the three current distribution bars include two lateral bars and a middle bar between the two lateral bars, wherein the middle bar comprises lateral faces turned towards the lateral bars each lateral face comprising at least one insulator-free zone, and wherein lateral faces of the lateral bars, that are turned towards the middle bar, have at least one corresponding insulator-free zone.

7. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the current distribution bars comprise three current distribution bars extending side by side, wherein the three current distribution bars include two lateral bars and a middle bar between the two lateral bars, wherein the middle bar comprises lateral faces turned towards the lateral bars each lateral face comprising at least one insulator-free zone, and wherein lateral faces of the lateral bars, that are turned towards the middle bar, have at least one corresponding insulator-free zone.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral wall is drilled with a set of holes configured to ensure progressive evacuation of the plasma without leading to its recomposition.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the enclosure is made in one piece from an insulating non-metallic material.

Assignees

• Zodiac Aero Electric

Inventors

• Andreoletti Remi

Classifications

• H02G5/00

  Installations of bus-bars · CPC title

• H02B1/46

  Boxes; Parts thereof or accessories therefor · CPC title

• H02G5/005

  Laminated bus-bars · CPC title

• H02B13/025 Primary

  Safety arrangements, e.g. in case of excessive pressure or fire due to electrical defect · CPC title