The present invention relates to a modular solar photovoltaic inverter where by reducing the size of the filtering module and reducing the number of components, it reduces the size of the solar inverter compared to the state of the art; and with the configuration of the power modules, it generates channels that allow the passage of air from the cooling module, obtaining a modular photovoltaic solar inverter that improves the dimensions, weight, maintenance, cooling and safety with respect to those known up until now.

An electrical power delivery system includes a module stack, a conductive bus bar, and one or more energy storage devices. The module stack includes multiple modules stacked side by side along a stack axis. Each of the modules has a respective housing and internal electrical components within the housing. The conductive bus bar is oriented along a plane parallel to the stack axis. The bus bar is mounted along a side of the module stack and electrically connected to one or more of the modules. The one or more energy storage devices are electrically connected to the bus bar and extend from a side of the bus bar facing away from the module stack such that the bus bar is disposed between the one or more energy storage devices and the module stack.

An electric-power conversion apparatus has a heat sink in which one side portion out of a pair of side portions that extend in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of a motor is formed shorter than the other side portion thereof; a lower case to which the heat sink is fixed is fastened to a driving apparatus through the intermediary of fixing portions at the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink or at respective positions in the vicinity of the both end portions of each of the pair of side portions of the heat sink; at least one of a reactor and capacitors is disproportionately disposed to be closer to said one side portion than to said the other side portion of the heat sink.

Example DC-DC converters include a housing having at least two bullet terminals. The at least two bullet terminals are configured to mate with corresponding terminals in a DC bullet breaker panel. The converter also includes a DC-DC voltage converter circuit coupled between the at least two bullet terminals, and a controller coupled with the DC-DC voltage converter circuit. The controller is configured to control the DC-DC converter circuit to convert a DC input voltage at a first one of the at least two bullet terminals to a different DC output voltage at another one of the at least two bullet terminals. Methods of converting DC voltages using DC-DC converters having bullet terminals are also disclosed.

Welding carts with tool-less securing systems are disclosed. In some examples, a welding cart may be configured to retain and/or transport a welding-type power supply. The cart and power supply may have bracket holes configured to receive bracket ends of a securing bracket. The bracket ends may be received by the bracket holes when a shaft retaining the securing bracket is engaged with a rotational lock of the cart. An actuator connected to the shaft may be configured to rotate the shaft to engage the rotational lock. A resilient member may bias the bracket ends out of the bracket holes when the shaft is disengaged from the rotational lock. A captive fastener attached to the shaft may ensure that the shaft and bracket remain captive to the cart even when the shaft is disengaged from the rotational lock and/or the securing bracket is biased away from the cart.

Interchangeable driver systems including at least a driver and a receptacle are disclosed. The receptacle provides a compartment, space, or other connection point for a power input as well as connecting structure that releasably and interchangeably connects to the driver. The driver has complementary electrical and mechanical connecting structure. The electrical and mechanical connections between the driver and the receptacle are such that when a mechanical connection between them is made, an electrical connection is also made. The receptacle may take the form of an enclosure that surrounds a substantial portion of the driver, or it may take the form of a short base with a socket that receives a connecting portion of the driver.

An electrical converter having pluggable converter components includes a first electronic assembly having electronic parts an assembly carrier, a housing chassis and a housing cover, wherein at least one of the electronic parts is a power semiconductor switch having a wide band gap and made of GaN or of InGaN. The power semiconductor switch is operated with a reverse bias of at least 400 V and at a clock frequency of at least 40 kHz during operation of the electrical converter. The first electronic assembly is mechanically plugged into the assembly carrier by connecting elements, and the first electronic assembly together with the assembly carrier is mechanically plugged and locked by further connecting elements to the housing chassis or to the housing cover using corresponding locking elements on the housing chassis or to the housing cover, respectively.

The disclosure relates to control electronics in a modular design, comprising an electronic base module and a plurality of functional modules, wherein: the base module provides at least one DC link voltage UZK at a voltage supply output for the voltage supply of the functional modules and the functional modules are electrically and mechanically connected to the base module and are supplied with the DC link voltage UZK by the base module; the base module and the functional modules each have a carrier having electronic components, the electronic components of the base module producing the DC link voltage UZK, at least one functional module being fastened to the carrier of the base module; and the electronic components of the base module and of the functional modules are arranged separate from one another by means of a thermal decoupling and/or an EMC shield.

A power electronics assembly comprises a heat sink, at least two half bridge modules mounted on one side of the heat sink, a circuit board mounted on the half bridge modules, and at least one capacitor mounted on the circuit boards, wherein each of the half bridge modules has a housing that has a cold side that is mounted on the heat sink, and the housing has a connection side from which numerous connection pins project for each DC connection in the half bridge module that are connected to the circuit board, and wherein conductors in the circuit board are designed to connect the half bridge modules in parallel and connect them to the at least one capacitor to form a DC link.

The disclosure relates to a modular arrangement of a converter for the electrical supply of a multi-phase electric motor. The modular arrangement includes multiple output stage modules, each module having a separate first housing. An output stage module is provided for each phase of the electric motor, wherein the output stage module has a phase intermediate circuit and an inverter circuit, together forming a commutation cell. The phase intermediate circuit supplies DC voltage and is electrically connected to the inverter circuit. The disclosure also relates to a motor arrangement and an aircraft having a motor arrangement of this type.