Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cooling system of power converter for on-vehicle rotary electric machine
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Application No.: US13977470Application Date: 2012-01-12
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Publication No.: US09768668B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Yuto Imanishi , Atsushi Yokoyama , Hiroyuki Yamada
- Applicant: Yuto Imanishi , Atsushi Yokoyama , Hiroyuki Yamada
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi
- Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JP2011-008009 20110118
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/050448 WO 20120112
- International Announcement: WO2012/098978 WO 20120726
- Main IPC: H02K9/19
- IPC: H02K9/19 ; B60L3/00 ; H02M1/32 ; B60K11/02 ; B60K1/00 ; H02M7/5387

Abstract:
A cooling system includes a cooling circuit that has a circulation pump circulating a coolant containing antifreeze solution and cools down, by means of the coolant, a power element mounted in a power converter for an on-vehicle rotary electric machine; a control signal calculation unit that calculates heat quantity generated by the power element; a power element temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the power element; and a coolant temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the coolant. The control signal calculation unit calculates, on the basis of the heat quantity, the temperature of the power element, and the coolant temperature, power element cooling performance that is the amount of heat transferred from the power element to the coolant per unit temperature difference, and lowers the driving power of the circulation pump when the calculated power element cooling performance is greater than a predetermined criterion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130285486A1 Cooling System of Power Converter for On- Vehicle Rotary Electric Machine Public/Granted day:2013-10-31
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