IP Library Granted Patent US 11,601,062
Granted Patent B2
US 11,601,062 · App. 16/912,782 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Power converter, arrangement comprising an electric machine and a power converter, and vehicle

Inventors: Guido Rasek (Forchheim, DE); Markus Reymann (Nuremberg, DE)
Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GRMANY GMBH
H02M7/003B60L15/007H01F27/36H02B1/20H05K7/1432H05K2201/10272
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Patent No.
US 11,601,062
App. No.
16/912,782
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power converter, includes a housing and a busbar arrangement, which is arranged inside the housing, wherein the power converter is designed to guide an alternating current along the busbar arrangement, the power converter also includes at least one planar flux-conducting element made of a magnetically highly permeable material, which is arranged between a wall of the housing and the busbar arrangement.

Claims (23)

1. A power converter, comprising:

a housing comprising a first housing element and a cover element formed from a magnetically low-permeable material, the first housing element forming a first wall, and the cover element being arranged inside the first housing element,

a busbar arrangement, which is arranged inside the housing, and

a planar flux-conducting element made of a magnetically highly permeable material, the flux-conduction element being arranged on the cover element between the first wall and the busbar arrangement,

wherein the power converter is designed to guide an alternating current along the busbar arrangement.

2. The power converter according to claim 1 , wherein the flux-conducting element is formed from a metal plate or a ferrite plate.

3. The power converter according to claim 1 , wherein the busbar arrangement is guided out from the first housing element through at least one opening in a second wall of the first housing element, and the flux-conducting element is arranged on an opening-side edge portion of the cover element.

4. The power converter according to claim 3 , wherein the cover element has protrusions pointing towards the at least one opening and the flux-conducting element extends over the protrusions.

5. The power converter according to claim 1 , wherein the cover element has a greater thickness in a portion on which the flux-conducting element is arranged than in other portions.

6. The power converter according to claim 1 , wherein the cover element has an indentation, in which the flux-conducting element is arranged.

7. The power converter according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing element houses a power electronics unit of the power converter, which power electronics unit is designed to receive the alternating current on the input side or provide the alternating current on the output side.

8. A power converter comprising:

a housing comprising a second housing element with at least one opening, the second housing element forming a first wall and a second wall, the first wall running perpendicularly to the second wall, and the second wall comprising at least one opening, a busbar arrangement, which is arranged inside the housing and guided into the second housing element, and a planar flux-conducting element made of a magnetically highly permeable material, which is arranged between the first wall and the busbar arrangement, wherein the power converter is designed to guide an alternating current along the busbar arrangement.

9. The power converter according to claim 8 , wherein the flux-conducing element is arranged on the first wall.

10. The power converter according to claim 8 , wherein the housing further comprises a first housing element and a cover element formed from a magnetically low-permeable material, the first housing element forming a first wall and a second wall with at least one opening, the cover element being arranged inside the first housing element, and the busbar arrangement being guided out from the first housing element through the at least one opening in the second wall of the first housing element,

the power converter comprising a further flux-conducting element arranged on an opening-side edge portion of the cover element between the first wall of the first housing element and the busbar arrangement, and

the housing elements are arranged against one another in such a way that the busbar arrangement is guided through the openings from the first housing element into the second housing element.

11. The power converter according to claim 10 , wherein the flux-conducting elements are formed by a one-piece flux-conducting device passing through the openings.

12. The power converter according to claim 8 , wherein the second housing element houses a connection device for connection of the busbar arrangement to an electric machine.

13. An arrangement comprising an electric machine and the power converter according to claim 1 , wherein the power converter is designed to provide the alternating current for generation of a rotary field of the electric machine.

14. A vehicle, comprising the arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein the electric machine is designed to drive the vehicle.

15. An arrangement comprising an electric machine and the power converter according to claim 8 , wherein the power converter is designed to provide the alternating current for generation of a rotary field of the electric machine.

16. A vehicle, comprising the arrangement according to claim 15 , wherein the electric machine is designed to drive the vehicle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2026
From: VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH; VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH; SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE EPOWERTRAIN SYSTEMS GMBH; BLITZ E16-802 GMBH
To: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
Reel/Frame 076028/0968 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2020
From: RASEK, GUIDO; REYMANN, MARKUS
To: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GRMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 053045/0887 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 117 594.1 · Jun 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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