IP Library Granted Patent US 12690177
Granted Patent B2
US 12690177 · App. 18/580,732 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Electric power conversion unit for improving cooling efficiency

Inventor: Kenshi Nagumo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TMEIC CORPORATION
H05K7/20918H05K7/20536H05K7/20572H05K7/20909H05K7/14325
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Patent No.
US 12690177
App. No.
18/580,732
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric power conversion unit includes a housing, a plurality of fans, a heat sink, and a plurality of semiconductor elements. The fan generates a flow of air at an inside of the housing. The heat sink forms a flow path of the air on an upstream side of a flow route of the air at the inside of the housing. The plurality of semiconductor elements is arranged and aligned along a direction which intersects a flow direction of the air in the heat sink on an element arrangement plane of the heat sink.

Claims (15)

1 . An electric power conversion unit comprising:

a first housing;

a fluid machine that generates a flow of a refrigerant at an inside of the first housing;

a heat release member that forms a flow path of the refrigerant on an upstream side of a flow route of the refrigerant at the inside of the first housing;

a plurality of first elements in which the first elements are arranged and aligned along a direction which intersects a flow direction of the refrigerant in the heat release member on an element arrangement plane of the heat release member;

a plurality of second elements in which the second elements are arranged on a further downstream side than the plurality of first elements in the flow route; and

a second housing that supports the plurality of second elements so as to cause the refrigerant to flow between adjacent second elements,

wherein the second housing includes:

an upper portion having a plate shape and having insertion holes in which the second elements are individually inserted,

a support member having a plate shape and on which the second elements are provided,

a plurality of upper openings through which the refrigerant passes, the upper openings being formed between the insertion holes in the upper portion, and

a plurality of support portion openings through which the refrigerant passes, the support portion openings being formed at positions that avoid the second elements of the support member.

2 . The electric power conversion unit according to claim 1 , comprising:

a partition member that forms a region separated from the flow path; and

a substrate that is arranged in the region and controls a drive of the plurality of first elements.