Patent ID: 7646572
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: B64D,H02H

Abstract:
1. A system for an aircraft including a plurality of rows of seats, said system comprising: a plurality of loads; a number of arc fault circuit interrupters, each of said number of arc fault circuit interrupters comprising a plurality of poles, each of said poles comprising a line terminal and a load terminal; a plurality of electronic enclosures, each of said electronic enclosures being capable of being energized from a corresponding one of the load terminals of a corresponding one of the poles of a corresponding one of said number of arc fault circuit interrupters; a panel holding said number of arc fault circuit interrupters; and a single-phase power source powering the line terminals of the poles of said number of arc fault circuit interrupters, wherein each of said poles corresponds to a number of said rows of said aircraft, wherein each of said electronic enclosures corresponds to one of a plurality of zones, wherein a plurality of said rows are disposed in each of said zones, wherein one of said number of arc fault circuit interrupters is associated with a corresponding one of said zones, wherein said number of arc fault circuit interrupters are structured to permit a corresponding one of said electronic enclosures to be hot-swapped when a corresponding one of said electronic enclosures is energized from a corresponding one of the load terminals of a corresponding one of the poles of a corresponding one of said number of arc fault circuit interrupters, and wherein said number of arc fault circuit interrupters comprise an arc fault detection circuit structured to permit the corresponding one of said electronic enclosures to be hot-swapped.