US 12,379,760 B2
Automatic circuit allocation of remote devices in a multi-power supply system
Anestis Kolovos, Athens (GR); Charalampos Vogiatzakis, Athens (GR); Theodoros Mouselinos, Athens (GR); George Vassilakis, Athens (GR); Shawn A. Warner, Athens (GR); and Michael C. Bloxham, Athens (GR)
Assigned to RAYCAP, S.A., Athens (GR)
Filed by RAYCAP, S.A., Athens (GR)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,460.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/314,816, filed on Feb. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0273661 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/263 (2013.01) [H02M 1/325 (2021.05); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H05K 7/14322 (2022.08); H05K 7/14324 (2022.08)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power transmission system, comprising:
a centralized power supply system comprising DC power supply units and a controller coupled to the DC power supply units;
remote devices coupled to the centralized power supply system via a power cable, wherein each of the DC power supply units transmit a power signal to respective ones of the remote devices; and
voltage monitoring (VM) devices coupled to the power cable that connects to respective ones of the remote devices, the VM devices measuring an input voltage value of at least a portion of the remote devices;
wherein the controller is configured to:
increase an output voltage of an individual one of the DC power supply units over the power cable;
receive the input voltage value of each of the remote devices;
compare the input voltage value of each of the remote devices and determine that a highest input voltage value differs by more than a predetermined value from other ones of the input voltage values; and
automatically assign a correspondence between the individual one of the DC power supply units and a corresponding one of the remote devices having the highest input voltage value.