Vehicle inverter assembly with cooling channels
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsMark D. KORICH, Konstantinos TRIANTOS, Mark L. SELOGIE
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Abstract
An inverter assembly for a vehicle includes a housing, a first inverter, and a second inverter. The housing comprises a plurality of walls. The plurality of walls form an inlet for cooling fluid to enter the housing, an outlet for the cooling fluid to exit the housing, and a channel, and a channel for the cooling fluid to flow therebetween. The first inverter is disposed within the housing proximate the channel, and is configured to be cooled by the cooling fluid flowing through the channel. The second inverter is also disposed within the housing proximate the channel, and is also configured to be cooled by the cooling fluid flowing through the channel.
Claims20
An inverter assembly for a vehicle, the inverter assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of walls forming an inlet for cooling fluid to enter the housing, an outlet for the cooling fluid to exit the housing, and a channel for the cooling fluid to flow therebetween;
- a first inverter disposed within the housing proximate the channel and configured to be cooled by the cooling fluid flowing through the channel;
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- a second inverter disposed within the housing proximate the channel and configured to be cooled by the cooling fluid flowing through the channel.
An inverter assembly for a vehicle, the inverter assembly comprising:
- a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, a second end wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the first end wall having an inlet for cooling fluid to enter the housing and an outlet for the cooling fluid to exit the housing, and wherein a channel for cooling fluid to flow therethrough extends between the inlet and the outlet;
- a first inverter disposed within the housing proximate the channel and configured to be cooled by the cooling fluid flowing through the channel;
- a second inverter disposed within the housing proximate the channel and configured to be cooled by the cooling fluid flowing through the channel;
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- a third inverter disposed within the housing proximate the channel and configured to be cooled by the cooling fluid flowing through the channel.
An inverter assembly for a vehicle, the inverter assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of walls;
- a first inverter disposed within a first portion of the housing that is proximate a first wall of the plurality of walls;
- a second inverter disposed within the first portion of the housing;
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- a third inverter disposed within a second portion of the housing that is proximate a second wall of the plurality of walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.