Patent ID: 7239045
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
1. A power distribution system for a first power source and a second power source, said system comprising: means for inputting said first power source and said second power source, and switching one of said first power source and said second power source to an output; at least one electrical switching apparatus, each of said at least one electrical switching apparatus including an input electrically connected to the output of said means for inputting, an output, separable contacts electrically connected between said input and said output, and an operating mechanism for opening and closing said separable contacts; at least one operator, each of said at least one operator including a first input, a second input, and an operator member cooperating with the operating mechanism of a corresponding one of said at least one electrical switching apparatus, the operator member of said at least one operator responsive to the first input thereof to actuate the operating mechanism of the corresponding one of said at least one electrical switching apparatus to open the separable contacts thereof, the operator member of said at least one operator responsive to the second input thereof to actuate the operating mechanism of the corresponding one of said at least one electrical switching apparatus to close the separable contacts thereof; and a control circuit including a first input for said first power source, a second input for said second power source, a third input for the output of said means for inputting, at least one first output electrically connected to the first input of a corresponding one of said at least one operator, at least one second output electrically connected to the second input of a corresponding one of said at least one operator, and means for delaying said at least one second output or inhibiting at least one of said at least one second output after said means for inputting switches to the other one of said first and second power sources.