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US 10,477,733 B1Granted
Inverter capacitor system having internal cooling channel
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorVincent T. Skalski
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Abstract
An inverter system control (ISC) module is provided. The ISC module includes a housing having an upper cavity, a lower cavity, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a divider wall extending in a plane between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The inverter system further includes a power module secured within the upper cavity to define an upper fluid chamber with the divider wall, and a capacitor assembly secured within the lower cavity to define a lower fluid chamber with the divider wall.
Claims14
An inverter system comprising:
- a power module housing including a first mounting plate defining an opening;
- a power module sealed against the first mounting plate and covering the opening;
- a capacitor housing including a second mounting plate contacting the first mounting plate and defining a divider and a ridge extending opposite the power module;
- and
- a capacitor sealed against the ridge, the divider extending within a flow channel between the power module and the capacitor.
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An inverter system comprising:
- a housing having
- an upper cavity,
- a lower cavity,
- a fluid inlet,
- a fluid outlet, and
- a divider wall extending in a plane between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet;
- a power module secured within the upper cavity to define an upper fluid chamber with the divider wall;
- and
- a capacitor assembly secured within the lower cavity to define a lower fluid chamber with the divider wall, wherein the capacitor assembly includes:
- a capacitor housing;
- a potting material disposed within the capacitor housing;
- a plurality of power sources disposed within the potting material;
- and
- a cooling bar that extends within the potting material between the power sources, through the capacitor housing, and further extending into the lower fluid chamber toward the divider wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.