IP Library Granted Patent US 9,686,890
Granted Patent B2
US 9,686,890 · App. 14/045,937 · Granted Jun 20, 2017

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 9,686,890
App. No.
14/045,937
Granted
Jun 20, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A structure for efficiently transferring heat generated from an electronic part or the like to a heat dissipation member is provided. A bus bar is used for a wiring pattern in an electronic device ( 60 ), such as a power line ( 2 ), a GND line ( 6 ) and the like. A heat transfer member ( 25 ) is held between a first bus bar that is a power line ( 2 ) connected to an electronic part and a second bus bar that is a GND line ( 6 ) connected to a heat dissipation member ( 7 ) to configure a heat dissipation structure in which heat generated from the electronic part is transferred through the power line ( 2 ), the heat transfer member ( 25 ) and the GND line ( 6 ) to the heat dissipation member ( 7 ).

Claims (20)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first bus bar that is plate-like wire forming a power line and connected to an electronic part;

a second bus bar that is plate-like wire forming a ground line and connected to a heat dissipation member; and

an insulating heat transfer member placed between the first and second bus bars,

wherein the insulating heat transfer member performs heat transfer between the first and second bus bars,

wherein the second bus bar and the heat dissipation member are fixed and connected at any appropriate point with a fastening member,

wherein on the second bus bar, the insulating heat transfer member and the fastening member are separated from each other in a direction parallel to a plane of the second bus bar,

wherein the heat transfer member is held between a flat portion formed in the first bus bar and a flat portion formed in the second bus bar, and

wherein a flat portion formed in the first bus bar and a flat portion formed in the second bus bar are placed in parallel to each other.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a total area of the second bus bar is larger than that of the first bus bar.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second bus bar, the heat transfer member and the first bus bar are stacked in this order on the heat dissipation member.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first bus bar, the heat transfer member and the second bus bar are stacked in this order on the heat dissipation member.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the first bus bar is connected to the heat dissipation member through another heat transfer member.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat transfer member is formed of at least one material of silicone material, acrylate resin and graphite.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein copper is used for a material of the first and second bus bars, and aluminum is used for a material of the heat dissipation member.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , comprising a resin molded member composed of a resin material, placed between the first and second bus bars,

wherein the heat transfer member is placed so as to pass through the resin molded member and performs heat transfer between the first and second bus bars.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first bus bar is a connection wire on a current input side or a current output side connected to a coil that is the electronic part.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second bus bar is connected to a ground common to the electronic device and a peripheral device.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipation member is a common ground of the overall electronic device.

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2013
From: AKAMATSU, SHINGO; SONE, MITSUO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031346/0191 →