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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2019
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Yuki Jojima, Nagoya, JP;
Shuichi Iwata, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A power converter may include four power modules and a bus bar connecting the four power modules, wherein the bus bar may include: a first bus bar piece connecting a negative terminal of a first power module and a positive terminal of a second power module adjacent to the first power module; a second bus bar piece connecting a negative terminal of a third power module and a positive terminal of a fourth power module adjacent to the third power module; and a plurality of connecting bus bar pieces connecting the first bus bar piece and the second bus bar piece. At least one of the connecting bus bar pieces may connect a center of the first bus bar piece and a center of the second bus bar piece.