Patent ID: 9561867
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: B60R,B64D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A power distribution system for a vehicle, the system comprising: a plurality of modular equipment centers (MECs) spatially distributed throughout the composite vehicle, the plurality of MECs distributing power to a plurality of equipment loads throughout the composite vehicle, each of the equipment loads within the composite vehicle serviced by a nearest MEC of the plurality of MECs; and a plurality of multiple conductor cables, each multiple conductor cable comprising at least one electrical power conductor and a neutral conductor wherein the electrical power conductors and the neutral conductor carry substantially equal but opposite currents, wherein each equipment load is coupled to the nearest MEC with one of the multiple conductor cables such that a length of a loop defined by the electrical power conductors and the neutral conductor of each multiple conductor cable between each MEC and associated equipment loads is minimized, wherein the vehicle comprises a plurality of vehicle sections coupled together and defining section breaks between adjacent vehicle sections, and wherein the vehicle is otherwise free of a current return network extending across section breaks between multiple vehicle sections of the vehicle.