US 12,316,091 B2
Modular solid-state circuit breaker
Piranavan Suntharalingam, Menomonee Falls, WI (US); Armen Baronian, Toronto (CA); and Andrew Rockhill, Waukesha, WI (US)
Assigned to EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin (IE)
Appl. No. 18/868,622
Filed by Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin (IE)
PCT Filed May 26, 2023, PCT No. PCT/EP2023/025249
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/227250, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 30, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/346,236, filed on May 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0112450 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. H02H 3/087 (2006.01)
CPC H02H 3/087 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solid-state circuit breaker for a DC system, comprising:
a switching module having a first terminal detachably connectable to a DC power source and a second terminal detachably connectable to a load, the switching module including a predetermined plurality of solid-state switches connected in parallel between the first and second terminals; and
an energy absorbing module having an other first terminal detachably connectable to the DC power source and an other second terminal detachably connectable to the load, the energy absorbing module including a predetermined plurality of solid-state Transient Voltage Supressors (TVS) connected in parallel between the other first and second terminals.