Patent ID: 8148843
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: B60R,B64D,H02J

Abstract:
1. A system for supplying power to a remote auxiliary load located in an aircraft, a power plant configured to place a high voltage onto a high gage wire; an actuator interface controller comprising a power supply, the power supply being interconnected with the high gage wire and a low gage wire, the high gage wire being of higher gage wiring than the low gage wire, wherein the high gage wire acts as a high voltage power bus and provides the high voltage to the power supply; the power supply being configured to step down the high voltage received to a low voltage that is lower than the high voltage on the high voltage power bus, and to place the low voltage onto the low gage wire that acts as a low voltage power bus; the low voltage power bus is interconnected with a remote auxiliary load and provides the low voltage to the remote auxiliary load; and the remote auxiliary load being located at a distance from the power plant of the aircraft such that both a length of high gage wire and a shorter length of relatively heavier low gage wire are used to supply power to the remote auxiliary load to reduce an overall weight of wiring located in the aircraft required to supply power to the remote auxiliary load by transferring the high voltage from the power plant to the power supply via the high gage wire that acts as a high voltage power bus, stepping down the high voltage to the low voltage via the power supply, and then transferring the low voltage from the power supply directly to the remote auxiliary load via the low gage wire that acts as a low voltage power bus.