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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Ankit Bhagat, Pune, IN;
Sarang Sarode, Pune, IN;
Avadhoot Kittur, Pune, IN;
Niloy Khatua, Pune, IN;
Robert Michael Slepian, Murrysville, PA (US);
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A thermal management device for a circuit breaker includes: a heat pipe having an evaporator section, an adiabatic section and a condenser section; a busbar having a first portion including at least a portion of the adiabatic section of the heat pipe; a conducting busbar having a first end, a second end opposite the first end and a groove disposed on a top surface of the conducting busbar, the first end disposed adjacent to primary contacts, the second end integrated in the first portion of the busbar, the groove extending from the first end to the second end and including the evaporator section and the at least a portion of the adiabatic section of the heat pipe embedded therein; and an array of fins integrated to the second portion of the busbar, the condenser section of the heat pipe extending through the array of fins.