Cooling systems and methods for cooling contactors
AssigneeBAE Systems Controls Inc.
InventorsStephen J. Kosteva, Cameron R. Vakili, Leslie R. Baker, Stephen L. Homan
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AssigneeBAE Systems Controls Inc.
InventorsStephen J. Kosteva, Cameron R. Vakili, Leslie R. Baker, Stephen L. Homan
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A cooling system and method for cooling a contactor from the contactor-terminal side or both the contactor-mount side is provided. The contactors may be mounted to a base of a chassis. The cover may have one or more fluid channels associated with an exterior side of the cover. The interior side may have a plurality of thermally conductive bosses projecting from the interior surface configured to indirectly contact busbars which are respectively connected to contactor terminals of the contactors via thermal pads to provide a heat transfer path between the busbars and the fluid within the one or more fluid channels associated with the exterior side of the cover. Certain of the thermally conductive bosses are offset from the one or more fluid channels.
A cooling system for contactors, each contactor has a first end mounted to a base of a chassis and a second end having a first contactor terminal and a second contactor terminal, two contactors form a contactor pair for a DC interface, the first contactor terminal of a first contactor of the contactor pair being connected to a first busbar and the second contactor terminal of the first contactor of the contactor pair being connected to a second busbar, the first contactor terminal of a second contactor of the contactor pair being connected to a third busbar and the second contactor terminal of the second contactor of the contactor pair being connected to a fourth busbar, the cooling system comprising:
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