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US 2017/0303430 A1Published application
Power converter for railroad vehicle
AssigneeFuji Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshiaki ENAMI, Yoshihisa UEHARA
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Abstract
A power converter for a railroad vehicle includes an air guide duct that takes air from a lateral side of one of a first heat radiating fin and a second heat radiating fin, guides the taken air to a region between the first heat radiating fin and the second heat radiating fin, and then guides the taken air to an end of the other of the first heat radiating fin and the second heat radiating fin in a running direction when the railroad vehicle is running.
Claims16
A power converter for a railroad vehicle comprising:
- a first heat radiating fin that is arranged on a first side in a running direction of the railroad vehicle to extend along the running direction and radiates heat of a power converter body mounted on the railroad vehicle;
- a second heat radiating fin that is arranged at a predetermined interval from the first heat radiating fin on a second side in the running direction to extend along the running direction and radiates the heat of the power converter body;
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- an air guide duct that takes air from a lateral side of one of the first heat radiating fin and the second heat radiating fin, guides the taken air to a region between the first heat radiating fin and the second heat radiating fin, and then guides the taken air to an end of the other of the first heat radiating fin and the second heat radiating fin in the running direction when the railroad vehicle is running.
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