APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT
An apparatus for adjusting substantially constant environmental conditions for an electrical component, which conducts and/or stores current. The electrical component is surrounded by a housing, which has an opening to obtain a connection to the external environment of the housing. The housing has means, which protect the electrical component substantially from dirt, dust and/or moisture from the external environment.
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8 . An apparatus for adjusting environmental conditions, comprising:
a housing having an interior and an opening providing a connection to an external environment of the housing;
an electrical component, which conducts and/or stores current, surrounded by the housing; and
a means for protecting the electrical component from a flow of material and/or particles from the external environment, the means arranged in the interior of the housing and separating the electrical component from the opening.
9 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the means is flexible to allow for expansion and compensates for volume expansion.
10 . The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the means comprises an elastic membrane and/or an elastic bubble.
11 . The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the means comprises a filter device arranged at the opening.
12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the means comprises a moisture-absorbing element and the moisture-absorbing element is arranged downstream of the filter device.
13 . The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the means comprises a moisture-absorbing element.
14 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the means comprises a filter device arranged at the opening with the moisture-absorbing element connected downstream of the filter device.
15 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising a cooling means for the electrical component, the cooling means arranged in the housing.
16 . The apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the cooling means is a system of pipelines and/or is guided via the moisture-absorbing element.