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Patent No.:

US 10204729 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2016

Inductor cooling systems and methods

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Serdar Hakki Yonak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Kevin Lloyd Newman, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Vincent Skalski, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

David B. Kelley

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Mang Tin Bik Lian

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 27/10 (2006.01); H01F 27/08 (2006.01); H01F 27/02 (2006.01); H01F 27/00 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01); H01F 27/22 (2006.01); H01F 27/255 (2006.01); H01F 27/28 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 6/44 (2007.10); B60K 6/547 (2007.10); F16H 3/091 (2006.01); F16H 3/72 (2006.01); F16H 37/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01F 27/008 (2013.01); F16H 57/0417 (2013.01); H01F 27/025 (2013.01); H01F 27/10 (2013.01); H01F 27/22 (2013.01); H01F 27/255 (2013.01); H01F 27/2823 (2013.01); H01F 27/2895 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/44 (2013.01); B60K 6/547 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/05 (2013.01); F16H 3/091 (2013.01); F16H 3/725 (2013.01); F16H 37/042 (2013.01); Y10S 903/91 (2013.01); Y10S 903/919 (2013.01);
Abstract

Inductor cooling systems and methods are disclosed. A vehicle may include a transmission case including a coolant inlet and an inductor assembly having a flange extending around a periphery thereof. A thermally conductive cover having a sealing surface may form a seal with the flange. A cavity may be defined between the cover and the inductor assembly and configured to receive coolant from the coolant inlet. A thermal interface material (TIM) may be in contact with a surface of the cover and a surface of the transmission case. The TIM may be a solid or a paste-like substance. If the TIM is solid, it may be in a state of compression between a bottom surface of the cover and the surface of the transmission case. The TIM may transfer heat from coolant in the cavity to the transmission case while the coolant is not being circulated.

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