Integrated AC machine
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsEric D. Schneider, Steven R. McMullen, Kaushik Rajashekara, Wayne J. Loynes, William E. Boys, Ronald A. Martin
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Abstract
An electric motive power unit including a multiple phase AC electric machine and heat dissipative electronic components therefor, the improvement wherein the machine is disposed in a thermally conductive housing having cooling fluid passages formed therein, and the heat dissipative electronic components are individually mounted on an exterior periphery of said housing and distributed in a fashion wherein circulation of the fluid through said fluid passages for the cooling of said machine also serves to cool said heat dissipative electronic components.
Claims6
An electric motive power unit including a multiple phase AC electric machine and heat dissipative electronic components therefor;
- the improvement wherein the machine is disposed in a thermally conductive housing having cooling fluid passages formed therein;
- the heat dissipative electronic components are individually mounted on an exterior periphery of said housing and distributed in a fashion wherein circulation of the fluid through said fluid passages for the cooling of said machine also serves to cool said heat dissipative electronic components, wherein the heat dissipative electronic components are constructed as modules, wherein each of said modules includes a gate driver circuit, an insulated gate bi-polar transistor unit;
- and means for coupling said insulated gate bi-polar transistor unit to said AC machine;
- and including
- a plurality of bus bars extending circumferentially around said modules to interconnect respective positive and negative high voltage terminals.
An electric motive power unit including a multiple phase AC electric machine and heat dissipative electronic components comprising an inverter, the improvement wherein:
- the AC electric machine is mounted within a housing having, on an outer periphery thereof, a plurality of flat surfaces;
- and
- the inverter comprises a plurality of electronic modules, wherein each module is mounted on one of the plurality of flat surfaces, wherein the plurality of flat surfaces includes at least five surfaces spaced around the outer periphery of the AC electric machine and wherein the inverter comprises at least five electronic modules, each module comprising an inverter half-leg.
An electric motive power unit including a multiple phase AC electric machine and heat dissipative electronic components comprising an inverter, the improvement wherein;
- the AC electric machine is mounted within a housing having, on an outer periphery thereof, a plurality of flat surfaces;
- and
- the inverter comprises a plurality of electronic modules, wherein each module is mounted on one of the plurality of flat surfaces, wherein the housing includes a spiral integral passage through which a cooling fluid flows to cool both the AC electric machine and the electronic modules.
An electric motive power unit including a multiple phase AC electric machine and heat dissipative electronic components comprising an inverter, the improvement wherein;
- the AC electric machine is mounted within a housing having, on an outer periphery thereof, a plurality of flat surfaces;
- and
- the inverter comprises a plurality of electronic modules, wherein each module is mounted on one of the plurality of flat surfaces, wherein each module comprises an inverter half-leg.
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