Patent ID: 7701083
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: G06F,H02J,H02M

Abstract:
1. An electrical power distribution system, comprising: a) a plurality of workstations, each workstation including b) a master controller for sharing DC power among all the workstations, the master controller having a plurality of inputs connected to a plurality of external DC sources external to the workstations, and a control output connected to the local controller at each workstation, the master controller being operative for controlling each local controller to conduct DC power from any of the external DC sources to any one of the local energy storage devices in one of the switched states of a respective switching assembly connected to the one local energy storage device, and to conduct stored DC power away from any one of the local energy storage devices in a respective workstation to all other workstations needing DC power in the other of the switched states of the respective switching assembly connected to the one local energy storage device.