Patent ID: 8754546

Claim:
A bulk power assembly, comprising: multiple bulk power regulator (BPR) subassemblies each configured to generate DC bulk power from both AC input power and DC input power; a bulk power distribution (BPD) subassembly coupled to the multiple BPR subassemblies, wherein the BPD subassembly includes respective static circuit breakers that are used to control and distribute the DC bulk power to respective outputs and configured to receive power from respective bias supplies, and wherein the BPD subassembly includes respective microcontrollers that each sense a different one of the static circuit breakers and receive power from a different one of the bias supplies such that a failure of any one of the bias supplies does not entirely disable the BPD subassembly; and a bulk power controller and hub (BPCH) subassembly coupled to the BPD subassembly, wherein the BPCH subassembly is configured to monitor and control the BPD subassembly.