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Granted Patent B2
US 10,862,375 · App. 16/233,228 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Rotary electric machine

Inventor: Pietro De Filippis (Varazze, IT)
Assignee: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.
H02K11/33H02K5/04H05K1/0296H05K1/182H05K7/209H02K2211/03H05K2201/0397H05K2201/10007
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Patent No.
US 10,862,375
App. No.
16/233,228
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotary electric machine including an electronic module which includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of electronic components, each of which is provided with respective connecting pins disposed on a component side of the printed circuit board; the electronic module includes at least one conductive track which includes a plurality of tabs, each configured to be connected to a respective connecting pin; the conductive track is positioned on the component side of the printed circuit board; the printed circuit board has at least one seat configured to house at least a first tab of the tabs in such a way that the top face of the first tab is coplanar with the component side of the printed circuit board.

Claims (26)

1. A rotary electrical machine comprising:

an electronic module comprising a printed circuit board and a plurality of electronic components, each of which includes respective connecting pins disposed on a component side of the printed circuit board;

the electronic module comprising a conductive track which comprises a plurality of tabs, each configured to be connected to one of the respective connecting pins;

wherein the conductive track is positioned on the component side of the printed circuit board; the printed circuit board including a seat configured to house a first tab of the plurality of tabs in such a way that a top face of the first tab is coplanar with the component side of the printed circuit board,

wherein the conductive track comprises a branch disposed on the component side of the printed circuit board and a connecting element for connecting the first tab to the branch; the connecting element being configured to compensate for a difference in height between the branch and the first tab disposed in the seat of the conductive track.

2. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the seat is a through hole in the printed circuit board.

3. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the seat is a blind hole in the printed circuit board.

4. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module comprises a heat transfer device associated with a first one of the plurality of electronic components, which is a MOSFET; the conductive track comprising the heat transfer device, which defines the branch, and the first tab extending from the heat transfer device.

5. The machine according to claim 4 , wherein the heat transfer device comprises a base portion, on which the first one of the plurality of electronic components is disposed, and a top portion, which at least partly surrounds the first one of the plurality of electronic components; the conductive track comprising a connecting element for connecting the tab with the top portion of the heat transfer device.

6. The machine according to claim 4 , wherein the electronic module comprises a second one of the plurality of electronic components with which a respective heat transfer device is associated; the second one of the plurality of electronic components including a pin of the respective connecting pins being connected to the first tab.

7. The machine according to claim 6 , wherein the first and second ones of the electronic components, with which the respective heat transfer device is associated, include respective first pins of the respective connecting pins connected to the printed circuit board and respective second pins of the respective connecting pins connected to respective first tabs, with the first and second ones of the electronic components being MOSFETs.

8. The machine according to claim 7 , wherein the first and the second ones of the plurality of electronic components are disposed in front of one another.

9. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module comprises a third one of the plurality of electronic components comprising certain ones of the respective connecting pins connected to respective branches which are distinct from each other.

10. The machine according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module comprises a fourth one of the plurality of electronic components comprising a first two pins of the respective connecting pins connected to the printed circuit board and a further two pins of the respective connecting pins connected to respective first tabs, each housed in an individual seat.

11. A rotary electrical machine comprising:

an electronic module comprising a printed circuit board and a plurality of electronic components, each of which includes respective connecting pins disposed on a component side of the printed circuit board;

the electronic module comprising a conductive track which comprises a plurality of tabs, each configured to be connected to one of the respective connecting pins;

wherein the conductive track is positioned on the component side of the printed circuit board; the printed circuit board including a seat configured to house a first tab of the plurality of tabs in such a way that a top face of the first tab is coplanar with the component side of the printed circuit board,

wherein the electronic module comprises a heat transfer device associated with a first one of the plurality of electronic components, which is a MOSFET; the conductive track comprising the heat transfer device, which defines the branch, and the first tab extending from the heat transfer device,

wherein the heat transfer device comprises a base portion, on which the first one of the plurality of electronic components is disposed, and a top portion, which at least partly surrounds the first one of the plurality of electronic components; the conductive track comprising a connecting element for connecting the tab with the top portion of the heat transfer device.

12. A rotary electrical machine comprising:

an electronic module comprising a printed circuit board and a plurality of electronic components, each of which includes respective connecting pins disposed on a component side of the printed circuit board;

the electronic module comprising a conductive track which comprises a plurality of tabs, each configured to be connected to one of the respective connecting pins;

wherein the conductive track is positioned on the component side of the printed circuit board; the printed circuit board including a seat configured to house a first tab of the plurality of tabs in such a way that a top face of the first tab is coplanar with the component side of the printed circuit board,

wherein the electronic module comprises a heat transfer device associated with a first one of the plurality of electronic components, which is a MOSFET; the conductive track comprising the heat transfer device, which defines the branch, and the first tab extending from the heat transfer device,

wherein the electronic module comprises a second one of the plurality of electronic components with which a respective heat transfer device is associated; a pin of the second one of the plurality of electronic components being connected to the first tab.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2018
From: DE FILIPPIS, PIETRO
To: SPAL AUTOMOTIVE S.R.L.
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Priority Claims (1)
IT 102017000150375 · Dec 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190207486A1 · Jul 4, 2019