US 12,456,862 B2
Electricity distribution system for a domestic installation comprising multiple electrical sources
Bernard Lebeau, Les Adrets (FR); Etienne Du Port De Poncharra, Crets en Belledonne (FR); and Emmanuel Bur, La Buisse (FR)
Assigned to Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Rueil-Malmaison (FR)
Filed by Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Rueil Malmaison (FR)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/947,268.
Claims priority of application No. 2110100 (FR), filed on Sep. 24, 2021; application No. 22305033 (EP), filed on Jan. 14, 2022; and application No. 22306155 (EP), filed on Jul. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0096943 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H02B 1/20 (2006.01); H02J 3/04 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 3/007 (2020.01) [B60L 50/60 (2019.02); H02B 1/20 (2013.01); H02J 3/04 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electricity distribution system for distributing electric currents between an electricity distribution network and a domestic distribution installation, wherein the electricity distribution system comprises:
a connecting device arranged for distributing an electric current in the domestic distribution installation, from sources comprising the electricity distribution network and at least one auxiliary electrical supply source, to at least one electricity consuming load,
wherein the connecting device comprises at least one linear segment, each linear segment comprising a plurality of electrical conductors adapted for routing the electric current along an electrical conduction path,
the electricity distribution system comprising a main switching device, connected between the electricity distribution network and a first connection point of each electrical conductor of the plurality of electrical conductors of the connecting device, the main switching device being configured for switching between two states which, respectively, allow or prevent a flow of electric current from the electricity distribution network to the connecting device,
for the, or each, auxiliary electrical supply source, respectively, an auxiliary switching device, connected between said auxiliary electrical supply source and a respective second connection point of each electrical conductor of the plurality of electrical conductors of the connecting device, each auxiliary switching device being configured for switching between two states which, respectively, allow or prevent a flow of electric current from the associated auxiliary electrical supply source to the connecting device,
the electricity distribution system further comprising at least one load switching device, connected between the at least one electricity consuming load and the connecting device, the load switching device being configured for switching between two states which, respectively, allow or prevent a flow of electric current from the connecting device to the at least one electricity consuming load, the, or each, load switching device being electrically connected to the connecting device at a respective intermediate connection point of each electrical conductor of the plurality of electrical conductors of the connecting device which is located, electrically, between said first connection point and the, or each, respective second connection point,
wherein a maximum current threshold of the plurality of electrical conductors of the connecting device is equal to a greater of:
a maximum electric current supplied by the electricity distribution network; or
total maximum electric current supplied by the at least one auxiliary electrical supply source,
and further comprising an electronic control device operatively connected to automatically control distribution of the electric current to the at least one electricity consuming load in an amount greater than the maximum current threshold.