IP Library Granted Patent US 10,950,876
Granted Patent B2
US 10,950,876 · App. 16/185,388 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Reactor unit

Inventor: Shuji Kawamura (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
H01M8/04029H01F27/10H01F37/00H01M8/04067B60L58/33H02M3/1584H02M2001/327
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,950,876
App. No.
16/185,388
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reactor unit includes a plurality of reactors and a cooler. An inside of the cooler serves as a flow passage of refrigerant, and the reactors are mounted on an outside surface of a bottom plate of the cooler. The bottom plate separates the flow passage from an outside. A plurality of fins is provided on a surface of the bottom plate on the flow passage side. A flat portion in which the fins are not erected is provided in a first region and a second region. The first region is a region of the surface of the bottom plate on the flow passage side and corresponds to a space between a pair of coils of the reactor. The second region corresponds to each of four corners of each of the reactors in a plan view of the bottom plate.

Claims (7)

1. A reactor unit comprising:

a plurality of reactors, each of the reactors including a ring-shaped core having a pair of straight portions that are parallel to each other, and a quadrangular cylinder-shaped coil wound around each of the straight portions; and

a cooler, an inside of which serves as a flow passage for refrigerant, the cooler including:

a plate having an outside surface on which the reactors are mounted, the plate separating the flow passage from an outside, the reactors being disposed along a flow direction of the refrigerant, with a side surface of the quadrangular cylinder-shaped coil and an exposed portion of the core that is exposed from the coil in contact with the plate; and

a plurality of fins provided on a surface of the plate on a flow passage side, the fins being provided at positions facing the exposed portions of each of the reactors; and

a flat portion of the plate where the fins are not disposed that is provided in a first region and a second region, the first region being a region of the surface of the plate on the flow passage side and corresponding to a space between the coils, and the second region corresponding to each of four corners of each of the reactors in a plan view of the plate.

2. The reactor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the flat portion where the fins are not disposed is provided in a third region that is a region of the surface of the plate on the flow passage side and corresponds to a space between the reactors.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2020
From: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: DENSO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052285/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2018
From: KAWAMURA, SHUJI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 048101/0076 →