Patent ID: 9387935
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: B64D,H02J

Claim Text:
1. An aircraft power distribution network comprising first and second galvanically isolated power bus bars, and first and second remote data concentrators (RDCs), each RDC having an input/output interface (I/O) and a power supply, the power supply of the first RDC being connected to the first galvanically isolated power bus bar, the power supply of the second RDC being isolated from the power supply of the first RDC and being connected to the second galvanically isolated power bus bar, an input/output device being connected to the I/O of the first RDC and to the I/O of the second RDC, each RDC being adapted to supply electrical power to the input/output device through its respective I/O, wherein each RDC includes a switch for isolating the input/output device, and the switches being operatively coupled such that electrical power cannot be supplied to the input/output device by both RDCs simultaneously.