ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A power carrier transmits an electrical current to and from a load. The carrier has a set of wires carrying electricity in parallel to the load and another set of wires carrying the electricity back in parallel from the load. The wires are organized with equal numbers of wires form each set grouped around a junction alternatingly, so that as a result the magnetic fields created by the electricity flowing through the two sets of wires cancel each other out in the junction. The carrier may have several junctions in a rectangular matrix pattern or hexagonal close-packed pattern, or other patterns, e.g., octagonal, which may be combined with junctions with different numbers of wires. The resulting power carrier has a reduced external magnetic field.

主权项

1. A power carrier for transmitting an electrical current, said power carrier comprising:
a proximal end having first and second proximal electrical connections leading thereto; a first set comprising at least three electrical conductors all electrically connected in parallel with the first proximal electrical connection, and a second set comprising at least three electrical conductors all electrically connected in parallel with the second proximal electrical connection; the electrical conductors extending over a length of the carrier and being supported so as to be electrically separate from each other over said length in a cross-sectional arrangement relative to one another in the carrier; and a distal end opposite the proximal end and having first and second distal electrical connections leading therefrom; the first set of electrical conductors all electrically connected in parallel with the first distal electrical connection, and the second set of electrical conductors all electrically connected in parallel with the second distal electrical connection; and the first and second sets of electrical conductors being positioned in said cross-sectional arrangement such that the arrangement includes at least one junction area surrounded by at least two electrical conductors of each of said sets organized so as to alternate between the electrical conductors of the first set and the electrical conductors of the second set, said electrical conductors around the junction area being at a distance from adjacent electrical conductors of the other set so that respective magnetic field passageways are defined between each of the electrical conductors and the adjacent electrical conductors.