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US 9,072,197 B2Granted
Cooling apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakahito Murata
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Abstract
A cooling apparatus includes a case in which a refrigerant passage through which a refrigerant flows is formed inside, and an element module partially disposed within the refrigerant passage and including an element provided inside. A portion of the element module in contact with the refrigerant is formed of an insulating material.
Claims9
A cooling apparatus comprising:
- a case in which a refrigerant passage through which a refrigerant flows is formed;
- and
- an element module partially disposed within said refrigerant passage and including an element provided inside,
- a portion of said element module in contact with said refrigerant being formed of an insulating material,
- said element including
- a first unit element and
- a second unit element that generates an amount of heat greater than that generated by said first unit element, and
- a distance between said second unit element and an inner wall surface of said refrigerant passage being smaller than a distance between said first unit element and the inner wall surface of said refrigerant passage.
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