Power supply employing a short circuit detector

Claim 1

A power supply having an input buss for supplying current to a plurality of loads, a plurality of individual power converting and controlling circuits, each such circuit interfacing between said input buss and a separate one of said loads, each said individual circuit comprising means for rectifying the voltage from said input buss, means in each individual circuit for limiting to a predetermined reduced to level the current which may be drawn by that circuit from the common buss, means in each circuit responsive to a drop in potential below a predetermined voltage level for causing said circuit to enter an open circuit condition for the supply of power to its load, means disposed externally of each circuit and responsive to anyone of said circuits entering an open circuit condition for causing the remaining circuits on said buss to enter an open circuit condition relative to their respective loads, and timing means operative automatically for restoring said circuits from the open circuit condition to again supply power to the loads.