Lear Corporation

Parminder Brar

Michael Scott Duco

Rutunj Rai

Jared Pieknik

Aric Henderson Anglin

Venkat Rao Yalamanchili

Zheyuan Ding

David Menzies

Bhupinder Rangi

Ajmal Imran Ansari

John N Topolewski

Daniel Jilg

David Miller

Kevin J Foldvary

An electronic module is provided with a housing with a base and walls extending transversely from the base. The housing comprises an inlet port and an outlet port formed through the walls. A circuit board assembly is supported by the housing and includes electronics that generate heat during operation. A cold plate is mounted to the walls of the housing to define a manifold. The housing and the cold plate are in thermal communication with the circuit board assembly for transferring heat generated by the electronics. A baffle is disposed within the manifold for directing coolant flow. Elastic material is disposed over a distal end of the baffle and adapted to engage a lower surface of the cold plate in an interference fit to block coolant leakage.

High-voltage junction box coolant baffle

An electrical assembly may include a first contactor, a second contactor, a bus bar assembly electrically connected to the first contactor and the second contactor, a cooling member, a bracket configured to connect the cooling member to the first contactor and the second contactor, and/or potting material that may be disposed at least partially between the bus bar assembly and the cooling member. A method of assembling an electrical assembly may include disposing the first contactor and the second contactor on a fixture, connecting the bus bar assembly to the first contactor and the second contactor, connecting the bracket to the bus bar assembly, the first contactor, and/or the second contactor, connecting the cooling member to the bracket, and/or providing the potting material between the bus bar assembly and the cooling member.

Electrical assembly

An electrical unit includes a contactor having a housing member, a first terminal, a second terminal, and/or a contact member disposed in the housing member and configured to selectively electrically connect the first terminal and the second terminal. The electrical unit may include a cooling member connected to the housing member, a first bus bar connected to the cooling member and the first terminal, and/or a second bus bar connected to the cooling member and the second terminal. The cooling member may be configured to dissipate heat that is generated via electrical current flowing through the contact member.

Electrical unit with cooling member

An electrical unit includes a housing member, a slider configured to slide along an outer surface of the housing member and selectively retain an electrical connector relative to the housing member, and a bracket connected to the housing member. The bracket may restrict movement of the slider in at least one direction. The slider may include a collar and/or a leg. The leg may extend substantially perpendicularly from the collar. The electrical unit may include a second bracket. The housing member may include a first bracket recess and/or a second bracket recess.

Electrical unit and assembly

The present disclosure includes an electrical power transformer that may include a core and a conductor pack. A conductor pack may include a conducting layer disposed around a portion of the core, a first planar insulating layer disposed on a first side of the conducting layer, and a second planar insulating layer disposed on a second side of the conducting layer. A cooling member may be disposed adjacent to the conductor pack. A method of manufacturing an electrical power transformer may include providing a core and providing a plurality of planar conductor packs. The planar conductor packs including a plurality of planar conducting layers and a plurality of planar insulating layers. The method may include inserting a cooling member between insulating layers of adjacent ones of the plurality of planar conductor packs.

Cooling method for planar electrical power transformer

An electrical terminal header assembly is configured for attachment to a substrate and includes a header body having a terminal mounting cavity formed therein and a first locking member. An electrical terminal has a terminal body and a terminal post extending outwardly from the terminal body, is disposed in the terminal mounting cavity, and is retained therein by the first locking member. The terminal post extends outwardly from the header body and is configured for attachment to the substrate.

Printed circuit board mounted terminal headers

An assembly includes a cold plate enclosure and a flow directing baffle separable from the cold plate enclosure. The cold plate enclosure includes a cavity therein, an inlet for coolant ingress into the cavity, and an outlet for coolant egress out of the cavity. The baffle is attached to the enclosure within the cavity. The baffle includes flow directing features such that the baffle directs coolant flow through the cavity from the inlet to the outlet in a prescribed manner.

Cold plate having separable flow directing baffle

A coldplate for use with an inverter of an electric vehicle includes a coldplate member. The coldplate member includes a pocket configured to receive a DC link capacitor of the inverter therein. The pocket is sized to surround the DC link capacitor when the DC link capacitor is received within the pocket to thereby provide physical integration of the DC link capacitor in the coldplate member.

Coldplate with integrated DC link capacitor for cooling thereof

A coldplate for use in cooling electrical components may include first and second coldplate members, each having a pocket and a secondary portion. The pocket of each member is configured to receive an electrical component and sized to substantially surround the component when received in the pocket to provide physical integration of the component in the coldplate member. The first and second coldplate members are adapted to be joined together to form a manifold therebetween for receiving a fluid for use in cooling the electrical components. The secondary portion of each coldplate member is arranged substantially opposite the pocket of the other coldplate member when the coldplate members are joined together.

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Windsor, CA, United States of America

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