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US 11,993,166 B2Granted
Inverter module integratably mountable with drive unit of vehicle
AssigneeRivian IP Holdings, LLC
InventorsYoung Doo, Silva Hiti, Juan Lopez
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Abstract
Various disclosed embodiments include illustrative inverter modules that are integratably mountable with a drive unit of a vehicle, illustrative drive units with an inverter module integratably mounted therewith, and illustrative vehicles with at least one drive unit with an inverter module integratably mounted therewith. Given by way of non-limiting example, an illustrative module for a drive unit of a vehicle includes a housing having an open face defined therein. Inverter circuitry is disposed in the housing.
Claims6
A drive unit for a vehicle, the drive unit comprising:
- a frame;
- a first drive member configured to rotate a first propulsion device;
- a first plurality of gears disposed within the frame and configured to rotatably engage the first drive member;
- a first electric motor configured to rotatably engage the first plurality of gears;
- and
- an inverter module integratably mountable with the frame, the inverter module including:
- a housing having an open face defined therein and mounted with the frame by a plurality of fasteners, wherein the open face is the top face of the housing and the top face is mounted to the frame with the housing inverted;
- and
- inverter circuitry disposed in and mounted to the housing through the open face, wherein the inverter circuitry is mounted with the frame via the housing and the housing utilizes no lid or cover when inverted and mounted to the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.