Patent classifications
H05K7/20845
COOLING CONDUIT FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ON A PCB
An electronics assembly used in a vehicle included a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first side and a second side; a plurality of electrical components mounted on the first side of the PCB; a heat sink, configured to receive cooling fluid from a source, positioned adjacent to the second side of the PCB; and a cooling fluid conduit, configured to communicate the cooling fluid from a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet, wherein the cooling fluid conduit is positioned adjacent to the first side of the PCB and directly contacts an outer surface of the electrical components.
ELECTRIC POWER DEVICE
An electric power device includes a power control unit that is fixed to an upper portion of an automatic transmission case, with a gap interposed between the power control unit and the automatic transmission case, and a battery that is connected to the power control unit by a first wire extending rearward in a vehicle front-rear direction from the power control unit.
MULTI-TIER COOLING SYSTEM WITHOUT LOAD PERCEPTION
The disclosed embodiments provide a cooling system with an auxiliary system that extends a main system. The auxiliary system includes a vapor container that receives vapor from the IT load, an auxiliary condenser that receives vapor from the vapor container via a compressor or a vapor valve, and condenses the vapor into liquid to be stored in a liquid container. The auxiliary system further includes a fluid pump on a cooling loop for cooling the auxiliary condenser, and a cooling controller that includes a machine learning model for regulating operations of the vapor valve, the fluid pump, and the first compressor based on a pre-created profile of the IT load and real-time information from at least one of many sources, including the vapor container and the liquid container. The auxiliary system includes multiple cooling tiers that can be partially trigger or completely trigger based on several indicators collected multiple sensors in the auxiliary system.
Modular power supply
A mounting base can comprise: a group of mounting areas, each mounting area of the group of mounting areas comprising: a respective mechanical connector member of a group of respective mechanical connector members for attaching to a complementary mechanical connector member on each direct-current to direct-current (DC/DC) converter unit of the group of DC/DC converter units, and a respective electrical connector of a group of respective electrical connectors for attaching to a complementary electrical connector on each DC/DC converter unit of the group of DC/DC converter units, a group of electrical conductors attached to the group of respective electrical connectors in each mounting area, and attached to a main connector on the mounting base for connecting to a high-voltage (HV) connector of a main HV supply, and a cooling channel extending in heat conducting contact with the group of mounting areas.
PREDICTIVE INDUCTOR COOLING
An automotive propulsion system has a transmission including an output shaft, a variable voltage converter including an inductor disposed within a housing of the transmission such that transmission fluid within the housing contacts the inductor to cool the inductor, and a controller that maintains a magnitude of current through the inductor to less than a limit value that is defined by a speed associated with the output shaft and a switching frequency of the variable voltage converter.
Wireless device charger with cooling device
A wireless device charger configured to produce an alternating magnetic field, thereby inducing an alternating electrical current within a capture coil of a personal electronic device proximate to the wireless device charger, said wireless device charger includes a source coil having a ferrite element configured to generate the alternating magnetic field, a housing formed of a thermally conductive material in thermal communication with the ferrite element, and an air movement device configured to produce an air flow across a surface of the housing flowing from an air inlet to an air outlet, thereby reducing a housing temperature. The surface of the housing defines a plurality of fins extending along the housing in a direction of the air flow. At least one fin in the plurality of fins has a non-symmetric surface, thereby creating turbulence in the air flow.
DEVICE TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT
Systems associated with device temperature adjustment are described. A device temperature adjustment system can include an electronic device having a temperature sensor integrated therein to detect a temperature of the electronic device and a temperature adjust module coupled to the electronic device to adjust a temperature of the electronic device based on the detected temperature.
VEHICLE AND MAIN FRAME FOR MOUNTING AND CONNECTING VEHICULAR COMPONENTS
A central compute unit, configured for a vehicle, a vehicle central compute unit, to a pocket module, to an electronic module, and to a printed circuit board, to a cooling blade, and to a main frame. The main frame for mounting and connecting vehicular components in a vehicle includes a plurality of slots configured to support a plurality of pocket modules. A main frame interface is configured to connect the plurality of pocket modules with a communication network, and to couple the plurality of pocket modules with a cooling circuit.
Charger cooling air source selection method
A charger cooling air source selection method includes cooling a vehicle battery charger by opening an outside air vent door in a vehicle and drawing outside air through the outside air vent door; determining whether the outside air vent door will close; and if the outside air vent door will not close, establishing and maintaining positive air pressure in a cabin of the vehicle by ensuring an open configuration of a recirculation door in the vehicle.
CHARGING DEVICE FOR AN ENERGY STORE OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE
A charging device for an energy store of an electrically driven vehicle, which includes a charging plug for transmitting an electrical charge to the energy store of the motor vehicle, a charging line for connecting the charging plug to a power grid, and a charging pillar with a docking station for receiving the charging plug when it is not in use and for connecting the charging line to the power grid. A cooling device for cooling the charging plug is arranged in the docking station.