A cooling device includes a cooling assembly which includes a cold plate extending in a first direction, a pump and a tank on one side of the cold plate in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a partition extending in the first direction and covering the cold plate on one side in the second direction. The cold plate and the partition define a first refrigerant flow path through which a refrigerant flows. The pump includes a pump chamber in which an impeller is housed, the impeller moving the refrigerant. The tank includes a tank chamber in which the refrigerant flows. The pump chamber and the tank chamber communicate with each other through a first tank hole portion. The partition includes a first hole portion through which the first refrigerant flow path and the tank chamber communicate. The first tank hole portion is provided on one side in the first direction with respect to the first hole portion.

The present invention provides a thermal management system comprising a housing having an interior space; a heat-generating component disposed within the interior space; a heat exchanger; and a working fluid liquid disposed within the interior space wherein the heat-generating component is in contact with the working fluid. The working fluid comprises a Fischer-Tropsch derived base fluid; an antioxidant and anti-static additives. The system is constructed wherein a constant cyclical flow of working fluid is maintained across the heat-generating components, on to the heat exchanger and then back to the heat-generating component.

The present invention provides a method of thermal management of a heat-generating component comprising partially immersing a heat-generating component in a working fluid and transferring the heat from the heat-generating component using the working fluid in a constant cyclical flow of working fluid across the heat-generating components, on to a heat exchanger and then back to the heat-generating component.

The present embodiment relates to a DC-DC converter including: a housing; a plurality of electronic components disposed inside the housing; and a flow path disposed on a lower plate of the housing. The flow path includes an expanding portion. The horizontal width of the expanding portion is greater than the horizontal width of a flow path on the front end of the expanding portion, and the vertical width of the expanding portion is less than the vertical width of the flow path on the front end of the expanding portion. The differential between the part wherein the surface area of the vertical cross section of the flow path is the biggest and the part wherein the surface area of the vertical cross section of the flow path is the smallest is 10% or less.

A heat management system disclosed herein is used for an electric vehicle. The heat management system may comprise an oil cooler, an oil pump, a converter cooler, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a first channel, a second channel, a channel valve, a bypass channel, and a controller. While executing the heat pump mode, the controller may be configured to periodically execute an operation of: switching the channel valve from the second valve position to the first valve position and activating the oil pump; and returning the channel valve from the first valve position to the second valve position and inactivating the oil pump in response to a predetermined time having passed.

A mounting structure for a heater element includes a heater element having a surface to be cooled, a board on which the heater element is mounted, a cooling member that cools the surface to be cooled of the heater element mounted on the board, and a supporting member temporarily fixed to the board, the supporting member temporarily fixing the heater element.

A heatsink or heat exchanger for one or more power modules of an inverter or a converter comprises a coolant flow channel, comprised of a plurality of coolant flow channel portions that form a switchback or serpentine flow path, and that is adapted to circulate coolant inside the heat exchanger or heatsink. One or more vents can be provided inside the heat exchanger or heatsink to pass air from one coolant flow channel portion to an adjacent coolant flow channel portion.

A power distribution device has a resin part covering a portion of a power line and a portion of a signal line and having a switch adjacent to one surface of the resin part, and a cooling part disposed adjacent to a back surface of the resin part opposite to the one surface. The power line and the signal line each have, inside the resin part, a laid-out portion extending in a planar direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction in which the one surface and the back surface are arranged, and a led-out portion extending from the laid-out portion toward the one surface. The laid-out portion of the power line and the laid-out portion of the signal line are located in a projection area of the cooling unit projected in the arrangement direction, and are separated from each other and arranged in the arrangement direction.

A flow-guiding rod includes a cooling channel provided in a rod portion of the flow-guiding rod, and a coolant inlet pipe and a coolant outlet pipe provided on end(s) of the flow-guiding rod. The coolant inlet pipe and the coolant outlet pipe are communicated with the cooling channel.

A power module for operating an electric vehicle drive, comprising power switches for generating an output current based on an input current; control electronics for controlling the power switches including a first region, to which a first electric potential is applied, and a second region, to which a second electric potential is applied, wherein the second electric potential is higher than the first electric potential; a heatsink for discharging heat generated by the power switches and the control electronics; a shielding layer for electrically shielding the control electronics placed between the heatsink and the control electronics, such that the control electronics lies on the shielding layer, and the shielding layer lies on the heatsink; wherein the shielding layer is designed to connect the heatsink thermally and electrically to the first region, and thermally to the second region, and electrically insulate it therefrom.

A drive unit for an electric vehicle, including an electric machine, a gear mechanism, a housing, wherein the electric machine and the gear mechanism are arranged in an interior of the housing, and a receiving apparatus for a pulse inverter module, wherein the housing has an opening and the receiving apparatus is arranged in the interior of the housing directly behind the opening.