IP Library Granted Patent US 12,495,529
Granted Patent B2
US 12,495,529 · App. 18/100,215 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Power conversion device and DC-DC converter device

Inventor: Shun Fukuchi (Suzuka, JP)
Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H05K7/20927H02M3/003H02M3/335H02M7/003H02M7/537H05K7/20145
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Patent No.
US 12,495,529
App. No.
18/100,215
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The power conversion device includes: a DC-DC converter unit including a transformer having a coil substrate where a primary side coil is formed and a bus bar forming a secondary side coil, and converting a voltage of DC power input from a DC power supply into a different voltage; and a cooling portion where a cooling flow path through which a cooling liquid flows is provided and the DC-DC converter unit is disposed. The bus bar of the transformer has a cooling portion side fixed portion fixed to the cooling portion provided with the cooling flow path.

Claims (62)

1 . A power conversion device comprising:

a DC-DC converter unit including a transformer having a coil substrate where a primary side coil is formed and a bus bar forming a secondary side coil, and converting a voltage of DC power input from a DC power supply into a different voltage;

a smoothing reactor connected to a secondary side of the transformer; and

a cooling portion having a cooling flow path through which a cooling liquid flows, and the DC-DC converter unit being disposed on the cooling portion, and

a main circuit board to which the bus bar of the transformer is connected, disposed so as to face the cooling portion, wherein

the cooling portion has a protrusion portion protruding to the main circuit board side,

the main circuit board is provided with an opening portion for exposing the protrusion portion,

the bus bar of the transformer has a cooling portion side fixed portion fixed to the protrusion portion of the cooling portion provided with the cooling flow path, and

the cooling portion includes a first cooling flow path cooling the bus bar of the transformer, and a second cooling flow path cooling the smoothing reactor.

2 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cooling portion side fixed portion of the bus bar is disposed so as to overlap the cooling flow path provided in the cooling portion when viewed from a direction in which the bus bar and the cooling portion face each other.

3 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the cooling portion includes a main body member where the cooling flow path is formed, and a cover member attached to the main body member, and

the cooling portion side fixed portion of the bus bar is fixed to the cover member of the cooling portion.

4 . The power conversion device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the cover member of the cooling portion has the protrusion portion, and

the cooling portion side fixed portion of the bus bar is fixed to the protrusion portion of the cover member.

5 . The power conversion device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the bus bar includes a first bus bar having a substrate side fixed portion fixed to the main circuit board,

the first bus bar has an extension portion provided to extend from the substrate side fixed portion so as to overlap the protrusion portion of the cover member when viewed from a direction in which the bus bar and the cooling portion face each other,

an insulating member is disposed between the cooling portion and the extension portion, and

the extension portion extending from the substrate side fixed portion is configured to dissipate heat to the cooling portion via the insulating member.

6 . The power conversion device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the DC-DC converter unit includes a plurality of rectifying elements connected to an output side of the DC-DC converter unit with respect to the transformer and mounted on the main circuit board,

the bus bar is disposed so as to be adjacent to the plurality of rectifying elements in a direction in which the plurality of rectifying elements is adjacent to each other and a direction intersecting the direction in which the bus bar and the cooling portion face each other, and

the cooling portion side fixed portion of the bus bar is disposed at a position interposed between the plurality of rectifying elements when viewed from the direction in which the bus bar and the cooling portion face each other.

7 . The power conversion device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the bus bar includes a second bus bar disposed on a side opposite to a side where the first bus bar is disposed with respect to the coil substrate,

the cooling portion side fixed portion includes a first cooling portion side fixed portion of the first bus bar, and a second cooling portion side fixed portion of the second bus bar, and

the first cooling portion side fixed portion and the second cooling portion side fixed portion are fixed to the cooling portion in a state of being in contact with each other at a position overlapping the cooling flow path of the cooling portion when viewed from the direction in which the bus bar and the cooling portion face each other.

8 . The power conversion device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the main circuit board is provided with a connection terminal where the substrate side fixed portion of the first bus bar is fastened and fixed, and a first engagement portion engaging with the first bus bar is provided, and

the first bus bar is provided with a second engagement portion engaging with the first engagement portion.

9 . The power conversion device according to claim 3 ,

further comprising an inverter unit converting DC power input from the DC power supply into AC power and supplying the power to a load,

wherein the inverter unit is attached to a surface of the cooling portion on a side opposite to a surface where the cover member is attached.

10 . The power conversion device according to claim 9 ,

further comprising a boost converter unit boosting the DC power input from the DC power supply and supplying the power to the inverter unit,

wherein the boost converter unit is attached to a surface of the cooling portion on a side where the cover member is attached.

11 . A power conversion device comprising:

a DC-DC converter unit including a transformer having a coil substrate where a primary side coil is formed and a bus bar forming a secondary side coil, and converting a voltage of DC power input from a DC power supply into a different voltage; and

a cooling portion where a cooling flow path through which a cooling liquid flows is provided and the DC-DC converter unit is disposed,

wherein the bus bar of the transformer has a cooling portion side fixed portion fixed to the cooling portion provided with the cooling flow path,

the DC-DC converter unit further includes a smoothing reactor connected to a secondary side of the transformer, and

the cooling portion includes a first cooling flow path cooling the bus bar of the transformer and a second cooling flow path cooling the smoothing reactor.

12 . A DC-DC converter device comprising:

a DC-DC converter element including a transformer having a coil substrate where a primary side coil is formed and a bus bar forming a secondary side coil, and converting a voltage of DC power input from a DC power supply into a different voltage;

a smoothing reactor connected to a secondary side of the transformer; and

a main circuit board to which the bus bar of the transformer is connected, disposed so as to face a cooling portion provided with a cooling flow path, wherein

the cooling portion has a protrusion portion protruding to the main circuit board side,

the main circuit board is provided with an opening portion for exposing the protrusion portion, and

the bus bar of the transformer has a cooling portion side fixed portion fixed to the protrusion portion of the cooling portion provided with the cooling flow path, and

the cooling portion includes a first cooling flow path cooling the bus bar of the transformer, and a second cooling flow path cooling the smoothing reactor.

13 . The DC-DC converter device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the cooling portion includes a main body member where the cooling flow path is formed and a cover member attached to the main body member, and

the cooling portion side fixed portion of the bus bar is fixed to the cover member of the cooling portion.

14 . A DC-DC converter device comprising:

a DC-DC converter element including a transformer having a coil substrate where a primary side coil is formed and a bus bar forming a secondary side coil, and converting a voltage of DC power input from a DC power supply into a different voltage,

wherein the bus bar of the transformer has a cooling portion side fixed portion fixed to a cooling portion provided with a cooling flow path, and

the DC-DC converter further comprises

a smoothing reactor connected to a secondary side of the transformer,

wherein cooling portion includes a first cooling flow path cooling the bus bar of the transformer, and a second cooling flow path cooling the smoothing reactor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2023
From: FUKUCHI, SHUN
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-035624 · Mar 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230292474A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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