IP Library Granted Patent US 12684745
Granted Patent B2
US 12684745 · App. 18/694,122 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Cooling device having a fan and housing having a cooling device of this type

Inventors: Peter Moser (Pettenbach, AT); Bernhard Huemer (Pettenbach, AT)
Assignee: Fronius International GmbH
H05K7/20909H02K5/10H02K7/14
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Patent No.
US 12684745
App. No.
18/694,122
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling device for cooling power electronic components arranged in a housing includes a heat sink and a fan having an electric motor with a rotor and rotor blades non-rotatably connected to the rotor, wherein the motor is arranged in a motor housing and is connected to a cable, and the heat sink has cooling fins and a cavity for receiving the fan, wherein a recess arranged in the cavity of the heat sink receives the motor housing of the fan. The motor housing of the fan has a peripheral seal and the cable and a fastening element are arranged on the side of the motor housing facing away from the rotor blades, wherein a receptacle for the fastening element and a passage for the cable are arranged in the recess.

Claims (14)

1 . A cooling device ( 14 ) for cooling power electronic components arranged in a housing ( 15 ), comprising a heat sink ( 16 ) and a fan ( 1 ) having an electric motor ( 2 ) with a rotor ( 3 ) and rotor blades ( 3 ′) non-rotatably connected to the rotor ( 3 ), wherein the motor ( 2 ) is arranged in a motor housing ( 4 ) and is connected to a cable ( 5 ) for the supply of electrical energy, and the heat sink ( 16 ) has a plurality of cooling fins ( 17 ) and a cavity ( 18 ) for receiving the fan ( 1 ), wherein a recess ( 19 ) arranged in the cavity ( 18 ) of the heat sink ( 16 ) receives the motor housing ( 4 ) of the fan ( 1 ), wherein the motor housing ( 4 ) of the fan ( 1 ) has a peripheral seal ( 6 ) and the cable ( 5 ) and a fastening element ( 7 ) are arranged on the side of the motor housing ( 4 ) facing away from the rotor blades ( 3 ′), wherein a receptacle ( 20 ) for the fastening element ( 7 ) and a passage ( 21 ) for the cable ( 5 ) are arranged in the recess ( 19 ).

2 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the motor housing ( 4 ) of the fan ( 1 ) is cylindrical.

3 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the seal ( 6 ) of the motor housing ( 4 ) of the fan ( 1 ) is formed by at least one O-ring ( 9 ) arranged in each case in a groove ( 8 ) on the motor housing ( 4 ).

4 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the seal ( 6 ) of the motor housing ( 4 ) of the fan ( 1 ) is formed by at least one lamellar seal ( 9 ′) on the motor housing ( 4 ).

5 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening element ( 7 ) is formed by a latching element ( 10 ).

6 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening element ( 7 ) is formed by a fastening screw ( 12 ).

7 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the cable ( 5 ) is arranged next to the fastening element ( 7 ).

8 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein an air guide ring ( 13 ) surrounding the rotor blades ( 3 ′) is provided.

9 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the receptacle ( 20 ) for the fastening element ( 7 ) is formed by a cylindrical recess ( 22 ).

10 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the passage ( 21 ) for the cable ( 5 ) is formed by a bore ( 23 ).

11 . A housing ( 15 ) for receiving power electronic components, having a housing front ( 24 ) and at least one rear housing part ( 25 ), wherein the cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 is provided behind the housing front ( 24 ), wherein an opening ( 26 ) for sucking in ambient air is arranged in the housing front ( 24 ).

12 . The housing ( 15 ) according to claim 11 , wherein a grille ( 27 ) is arranged in the opening ( 26 ) of the housing front ( 24 ).

13 . The housing ( 15 ) according to claim 11 , wherein the air guide ring ( 13 ) of the fan ( 1 ) is arranged in the housing front ( 24 ).

14 . The cooling device ( 14 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening element ( 7 ) is formed by an elastic latching pin ( 11 ).