US 12,237,686 B2
Power distribution method and apparatus
Oliver Hartley, Sydney (AU); Luke Butterworth, Sydney (AU); Matthias Huchel, Sydney (AU); Jose Roberto Moreira Rodrigues, Bayswater (AU); Musa Chibowora, Bayswater (AU); and Jean-Louis Francisco De Geronimo Salinas, Bayswater (AU)
Assigned to Sustainable Business Energy Solutions Pty Ltd, Sydney (AU); and Siemens Ltd, Bayswater (AU)
Appl. No. 17/640,091
Filed by Sustainable Business Energy Solutions Pty Ltd, Sydney (AU); and Siemens Ltd, Bayswater (AU)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/AU2020/050927
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/042167, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019903283 (AU), filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302710 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 3/38 (2006.01); G01R 19/25 (2006.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.01)
CPC H02J 3/381 (2013.01) [G01R 19/2513 (2013.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02S 40/36 (2014.12)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power distribution apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of switches each operable to switch a respective power source of a plurality of power sources between a first input node of a first load and a second input node of a second load;
a first power meter configured to determine a first power being delivered to the first input node from the plurality of power sources via the plurality of switches and generate a first power meter signal representing the determined first power;
a second power meter configured to determine a power consumption of the first load and generate a second power meter signal representing the determined power consumption; and
a control module configured to receive the first and second power meter signals and generate a switching signal based on the received first and second power meter signals to control each switch of the plurality of switches to distribute power between the first and second loads in dependence on the determined first power and the determined power consumption of the first load.