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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2011
Naohide Maeda, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Masahiko Fujita, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Naohide Maeda, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Masahiko Fujita, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A rotary electric machine in accordance with the invention includes: a case including a front-side housing and a rear-side housing; a rotor having a field winding placed in the case; a stator having an armature winding placed in the case; a power module for energizing armature current that flows in the armature winding; a heat sink, on which the power module is mounted, for cooling the power module; a field circuit module for controlling field current that flows in the field winding; and a control circuit for controlling the operation of the power module and the field circuit module, wherein the power module includes a pair of power modules mounted opposite to each other on a base surface of the heat sink, and the heat sink includes a plurality of cooling fins placed thereon.