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Granted Patent B2
US 12,671,323 · App. 18/726,262 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Power conversion apparatus

Inventor: Bo Sun Song (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H02M3/003H05K7/14329H05K7/20145H05K7/20509H05K7/20909H05K7/20918H02M7/003
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,671,323
App. No.
18/726,262
Filed
Jul 2, 2024
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2838
USPC
363/141
Abstract

Disclosed is a power conversion apparatus. The power conversion apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure may include: a housing comprising an upper part, a lower part disposed in parallel with the upper part, a first side part connecting the upper part and the lower part, and a second side part disposed in parallel with the first side part; a transistor provided below the upper part inside the housing; a heat sink provided below the transistor and providing a passage through which air introduced from the outside moves; a first air blocking unit provided on a side surface of the heat sink and disposed in parallel with the first side part; a plurality of capacitors disposed between the first air blocking unit and the second side part; and a transformer disposed to be spaced apart from the heat sink, wherein the upper part may be provided with a discharge part formed above the transformer such that air that has passed through the passage is discharged to the outside of the housing.

Claims (21)

1 . A power conversion apparatus including:

a housing comprising an upper part, a lower part disposed in parallel with the upper part, a first side part connecting the upper part and the lower part, and a second side part disposed in parallel with the first side part;

a transistor provided below the upper part inside the housing;

a heat sink provided below the transistor and providing a passage through which air introduced from the outside moves;

a first air blocking unit provided on a side surface of the heat sink and disposed in parallel with the first side part;

a plurality of capacitors disposed between the first air blocking unit and the second side part; and

a transformer disposed to be spaced apart from the heat sink,

wherein the upper part is provided with a discharge part formed above the transformer such that air that has passed through the passage is discharged to the outside of the housing.

2 . The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , further including a second air blocking unit disposed between the plurality of capacitors and the transformer.

3 . The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first air blocking unit is disposed between the heat sink and the capacitor.

4 . The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the heat sink includes:

a heat dissipation plate supporting the transistor; and

a plurality of heat dissipation fins extending downward from the plate and spaced apart from each other in parallel with the first side part.

5 . The power conversion apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the transistors is disposed in parallel with the plurality of heat dissipation fins.

6 . The power conversion apparatus according to claim 4 , further including a support plate disposed between the lower part and the heat sink and supporting the heat sink,

wherein the support plate includes an air guide formed to be inclined on one side of the support plate,

wherein the air guide guides air introduced from the outside to be supplied below one side of the heat sink.

7 . The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , further including:

a substrate electrically connected to the transistor and the plurality of capacitors;

a bus bar having one end electrically connected to the substrate and the other end protruding to the rear of the housing; and

a coupling part coupled to the other end of the bus bar and detachably coupled to the connector of the uninterruptible power supply.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2025
From: SONG, BO SUN
To: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070034/0202 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0002118 · Jan 6, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250070654A1 · Feb 27, 2025
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