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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2023
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Shailesh Joshi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Danny Lohan, Northville, MI (US);
Feng Zhou, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jae Seung Lee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hiroshi Ukegawa, South Lyon, MI (US);
TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for cooling an electric aircraft. The system comprises an electronic device, a casing, a fin, and at least one PHP. The casing comprises an inner surface. A PHP may be coupled to the inner surface. The fin comprises a fin interior cavity. A PHP may be embedded within the fin interior cavity. The same PHP may be both coupled to the casing inner surface and embedded within the fin interior cavity, or there may be a plurality of fins such that at least one fin is coupled to the casing inner surface and at least one fin is embedded within the fin interior cavity. The portion of the PHP closest to the electronic device comprises an evaporator section and the portion of the PHP furthest from the electronic device comprises a condenser section.