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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Akash Changarankumarath Pradeepkumar, Westland, MI (US);
Alfredo R. Munoz, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Troy, MI (US);
Guangyin Lei, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H01L 23/473 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/405 (2007.10); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/50 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20927 (2013.01); B60K 6/405 (2013.01); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); B60L 50/50 (2019.02); H01L 23/473 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H05K 7/20218 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a power-module assembly includes a power-module stack having coolant chambers interleaved with power modules and supply and return manifold channels extending axially along the stack. An endcap has a major side defining recessed inlet and outlet manifold cavities aligned with the channels and inlet and outlet ports disposed on one or more minor sides that are perpendicular to the major side.