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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Ok Geun Ha, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sung Jun Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A power converter apparatus for a vehicle includes: a cooling block provided with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, and with two cooling baths connected to the refrigerant inlet in parallel and each having a shape open to an outside, the cooling block being configured to allow refrigerants passing through the two cooling baths to be merged prior to being discharged through the refrigerant outlet; two cooling plates, wherein each of the two cooling plates covers an opening of an associated one of the cooling baths to provide a cooling chamber and includes a plurality of cooling fins protruding into the cooling chamber; and two cooling tubes, wherein each of the cooling tubes is coupled to the cooling block to provide a space for accommodating a power module between the cooling tube and an associated one of the cooling plates.