Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power converter
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Application No.: US16760636Application Date: 2018-10-23
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Publication No.: US11239762B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Atsunari Hamaguchi , Toshiya Satoh , Youhei Nishizawa
- Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachinaka
- Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachinaka
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JPJP2017-212420 20171102
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/039270 WO 20181023
- International Announcement: WO2019/087852 WO 20190509
- Main IPC: H02M7/00
- IPC: H02M7/00 ; H05K5/02 ; H05K7/02 ; H05K7/04

Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to ensure the reliability of a capacitor element by appropriately securing a heat path around the capacitor element.
A power converter according to the present invention includes: a power semiconductor circuit unit that converts DC power into AC power; a capacitor element that smooths the DC power; a DC-side bus bar that transmits the DC power; a capacitor terminal that is connected to an electrode surface of the capacitor element and to the DC-side bus bar; and a case that forms a capacitor housing portion for housing the capacitor element, in which the DC-side bus bar has: a power supply-side terminal; a main body portion that is arranged at a position facing a bottom of the capacitor housing portion with the capacitor element interposed therebetween; and an extending member that is formed between the case and the capacitor element and formed from the main body portion toward the bottom of the capacitor housing portion, and that does not contact the electrode surface.
A power converter according to the present invention includes: a power semiconductor circuit unit that converts DC power into AC power; a capacitor element that smooths the DC power; a DC-side bus bar that transmits the DC power; a capacitor terminal that is connected to an electrode surface of the capacitor element and to the DC-side bus bar; and a case that forms a capacitor housing portion for housing the capacitor element, in which the DC-side bus bar has: a power supply-side terminal; a main body portion that is arranged at a position facing a bottom of the capacitor housing portion with the capacitor element interposed therebetween; and an extending member that is formed between the case and the capacitor element and formed from the main body portion toward the bottom of the capacitor housing portion, and that does not contact the electrode surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200350829A1 POWER CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2020-11-05
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