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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Toshiba Mitsubishi-electric Ind. Systems Corp., Chuo-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Yosuke Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); F28F 23/02 (2006.01); F28D 15/06 (2006.01); F28D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/20336 (2013.01); F28D 15/0275 (2013.01); F28D 15/06 (2013.01); F28F 23/02 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H05K 7/20936 (2013.01); H05K 7/20945 (2013.01); H02M 2001/327 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power conversion apparatus includes an electrical circuit including a heat source, a heat pipe cooler in which a refrigerant is enclosed, the heat pipe cooler configured to cool the heat source, a freeze determiner configured to determine whether the refrigerant is frozen, and an output limiter configured to limit output when the freeze determiner determines that the refrigerant is frozen.