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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2021
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 11/00 (2006.01); B60K 11/02 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 58/26 (2019.01); B60K 6/24 (2007.10); B60K 6/26 (2007.10); B60K 6/28 (2007.10); H02K 9/19 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/66 (2014.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); H02M 7/537 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 11/02 (2013.01); B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/24 (2013.01); B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 6/28 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 58/26 (2019.02); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/66 (2015.04); H02K 9/19 (2013.01); H05K 7/20927 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/05 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01); H02M 7/537 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle comprises a drive train with an electric motor, to which a traction battery and a power electronics device comprising at least one pulse inverter are associated, and a cooling device for cooling the electric motor, the power electronics device and the traction battery, wherein the electric motor is cooled in a first cooling circuit with coolant of a first maximum temperature in the supply flow, wherein the power electronics device is cooled in a second coolant circuit, which is separate from the first coolant circuit, using coolant of a second maximum temperature in the supply flow, which is lower than the first maximum temperature.