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POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING

Publication EP4712284A1 Kind: A1 Mar 18, 2026

Applicants

GE Aviation Systems LLC

Inventors

DALAL, Manish Ashvinkumar

Abstract

A power distribution system (11), (111) for an aircraft (10), and method (400) of operating includes, including determining, by a supplemental electrical power system (30), an operating mode of the aircraft (10), selecting, by the supplemental electrical power system (30), at least one supplementary power source (34a), (34b), (34c) of a set of at least two supplementary power sources (34), and at least one of receiving, by the selected at least one supplementary power source (34a), (34b), (34c), a first current (51) from the primary power bus (23), or selectively providing a second current (52) to the primary power bus (23) from the selected at least one supplementary power source (34a), (34b), (34c).

IPC Classifications

H02J 1/10 20260101AFI20251212BHEP H02J 7/00 20260101ALI20251212BHEP B64D 31/18 20240101ALI20251212BHEP B64D 41/00 20060101ALI20251212BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, ME, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR