Patent ID: 8836160

Claim:
A method for power system isolation in a vehicle, the method comprising: providing a linear transformer of a type having a figure-eight shaped core with a center core member, and wires of a primary side wound around one portion of said center core member, and wires of a secondary side wound around a second portion of said center core member, said linear transformer including an isolation dielectric having an H shape that fills all of the space between the primary side and the secondary side that is not occupied by the figure-eight shaped core; placing said linear transformer in line with at least one electrical cable between an output of a generator and one or more components and systems receiving power from said generator inside a cage that functions as a Faraday Cage to protect said one or more components and systems; and positioning said linear transformer relative to said cage such that primary side terminals of said linear transformer reside outside said cage and secondary side terminals of said linear transformer reside inside said cage, thereby providing power isolation for said one or more components and systems inside said Faraday Cage from said electrical cable.