Patent ID: 6597154
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
An electrical energy distribution system, comprising:a first distribution circuit which is associated with a first electrical power source powering the first distribution circuit through a first controllable power contactor; a second distribution circuit which is associated with a second electrical power source powering the second distribution circuit through a second controllable power contactor; a controllable interconnection contactor operable to interlink said first and second distribution circuits on a side of said first power contactor which is away from said first power source and a side of said second power contactor which is away from said second power source; a common control device for the first and second power contactors and said interconnection contactor, said common control device being linked to said interconnection contactor by an opening control line and by a closure control line and being a programmable computer opening and closing said first and second power contactors and said interconnection contactor, without prior checking of open state or closed state of said first and second power contactors and said interconnection contactor, according to a truth table indicating, for each possible combination of operating states, correct or defective, of said first and second electrical power sources, the open or closed state which each of said first and second power contactors and said interconnection contactor must take; and a prevention device associated with said interconnection contactor and operable to prevent a closure of said interconnection contactor if its contact terminals are simultaneously energized, said prevention device being interposed in said closure control line of said interconnection contactor.