IP Library Granted Patent US 9,916,918
Granted Patent B2
US 9,916,918 · App. 14/770,643 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Connection bar architecture for high-power converter

Inventors: Raphaël Bellancourt (Igny, FR); Philippe Josse (Paris, FR); Joël Devautour (Le Percq, FR)
Assignee: General Electric Technology GmbH
H01B5/02C25B9/04C25C7/00H02G5/10H05K7/20927
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,916,918
App. No.
14/770,643
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention mainly provides a busbar (BS 1 ) designed to provide an electrical connection between a high-power converter (R) and a disconnector (S), said busbar being characterized in that the busbar (BS 1 ) has a shape defining, at least in part, at least one hollow portion ( 10 ).

Claims (11)

1. A circuit comprising:

a high-power converter;

a disconnector; and

a busbar providing an electrical connection between the high-power converter and the disconnector, the busbar having a shape defining a hollow portion that enables a cooling fluid to pass from the high-power converter to the disconnector through the busbar, the busbar comprising:

at least two bars in contact with the high-power converter; and

a web coupled to the at least two bars and in contact with the disconnector.

2. The circuit of claim 1 ,

wherein the high-power converter includes a hollow portion to allow the cooling fluid to pass from the high-power converter, the hollow portion of the high-power converter being coupled to the hollow portion of the busbar.

3. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the busbar is U-shaped.

4. The circuit of claim 1 , wherein the at least two bars are in contact with the high-power converter by welding.

5. The circuit of claim 1 , further comprising at least one mounting element coupled to the high-power converter, the at least one mounting element being coupled to at least one of the at least two bars by a system of flanges.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2017
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 042452/0654 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2015
From: BELLANCOURT, RAPHAËL; JOSSE, PHILIPPE; DEVAUTOUR, JOËL
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 036947/0626 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 13 51817 · Feb 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160012938A1 · Jan 14, 2016