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Granted Patent B2
US 12,538,460 · App. 18/273,931 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Heat sink for electric machine

Inventor: Seong Eon Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H05K7/20927H05K7/20254
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Patent No.
US 12,538,460
App. No.
18/273,931
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a heat sink for an electric machine and, more specifically, to a heat sink for an electric semiconductor element used in an electric module, and the present invention is characterized by; comprising a cooling plate having an inlet and an outlet; having a tank which is formed in a plate shape inside the cooling plate and forms a coolant flow path connected to the inlet and the outlet, and having multiple collision pillars continuing from the top surface to the base surface of the tank formed in the tank.

Claims (21)

1 . A heat sink for power device comprising:

a cooling plate having an inlet and an outlet,

wherein a water tank is formed in a plate shape inside the cooling plate and forms a coolant flow path connected to the inlet and the outlet,

wherein a plurality of collision pillars leadings to an upper surface and a lower surface of the water tank are formed in the water tank,

wherein the cooling plate comprises a first plate and a second plate spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval,

wherein a connection support portion is provided between the first plate and the second plate,

wherein the connection support portion comprises;

a first connection support part provided on a lower surface of the first plate; and

a second connection support part provided on an upper surface of the second plate,

wherein the first connection support part and the second connection support part are in contact with each other.

2 . The heat sink for power device of claim 1 , wherein a ventilation layer is provided between the first plate and the second plate.

3 . The heat sink for power device of claim 1 , wherein a branch pipe branching to the first plate and the second plate is at each of a rear of the inlet and the outlet.

4 . The heat sink for power device of claim 1 , wherein one of an upper part and a lower part of a first water tank of the first plate disposed above the cooling plate is formed thinner than the other of the upper part and the lower part of the first water tank of the first plate, and

one of an upper part and a lower part of a second water tank of the second plate disposed below the cooling plate is formed thinner than the other of the upper part and the lower part of the second water tank of the second plate.

5 . The heat sink for power device of claim 1 , wherein the water tank is formed with a partition wall portion separating the coolant flow path into an inlet-side flow path and an outlet-side flow path.

6 . The heat sink for power device of claim 1 , wherein a density of the collision pillar is arranged to gradually become denser along the coolant flow path.

7 . The heat sink for power device of claim 5 , wherein a n-th of the collision pillar and a n−1-th of the collision pillar are arranged to cross each other when viewed from a front or top.

8 . The heat sink for power device of claim 7 , wherein the n-th of the collision pillar and the n−1-th of the collision pillar are disposed uniformly without crossing each other in a front portion of the inlet-side flow path.

9 . The heat sink for power device of claim 5 , wherein a non-collision zone in which the collision pillar is not disposed is provided in a middle portion of the outlet-side flow path.

10 . The heat sink for power device of claim 1 , wherein a support portion protrudes from a side surface of the cooling plate, and a fastening hole is formed through the support portion.

11 . The heat sink for power device of claim 1 , wherein a through-hole is formed in the connection support portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: KIM, SEONG EON
To: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064985/0572 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0011962 · Jan 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240298428A1 · Sep 5, 2024
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