US 12,119,661 B2
Systems and methods for power transfer and load management
Michael Krenz, Roscoe, IL (US)
Assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,654.
Prior Publication US 2023/0148132 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 3/46 (2006.01); B64D 31/00 (2024.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/46 (2013.01) [B64D 31/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/003 (2020.01); H02J 3/28 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01); H02J 2310/44 (2020.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for power distribution and load management in an aircraft, the method comprising:
budgeting a designated current for one or more loads in one or more respective power districts in a power distribution system based on a nominal load draw for each of the one or more loads;
determining a system condition of the power distribution system;
prioritizing each of the one or more loads based on the system condition;
distributing power from each of the one or more power districts to the respective one or more loads in order of priority until a total budgeted designated current for the respective power district has been exhausted, and leaving any remaining loads in the one or more power districts unpowered; and
generating a look-up table for each of the one or more power districts configured to be used by a logic module to control power distribution and load management based at least in part on the look-up table, wherein the look-up table includes at least one of: a load identifier, a load indexer, a load priority based on the determined system condition, a load priority based on a flight phase, or the budgeted designated current for each of the one or more loads.