Double-sided cooling cold plates with overhanging heat sinks and through body busbar for high-power density power electronics

Patent · Tue Jan 02 04:00:00 EST 2024

OSTI ID:2541630

Zhou, Feng; Zhou, Yuqing; Dede, Ercan Mehmet; Erickson, Robert; Maksimovic, Dragan; Sankaranarayanan, Vivek; Gao, Yucheng

A double-sided cold plate includes a manifold comprising openings extending from a first surface of the manifold through the manifold to a second surface of the manifold forming recesses within the manifold and an inlet channel and an outlet channel fluidly coupled to the recesses within the manifold, a plurality of first heat sinks coupled to the first surface of the manifold enclosing the openings on the first surface, and a plurality of second heat sinks positioned adjacent each other along a length of the manifold and coupled to the second surface of the manifold, enclosing the openings on the second surface, a width of the plurality of second heat sinks is greater than a width of the manifold thereby forming an overhanging portion on each lengthwise side of the manifold, the overhanging portion configured to mechanically support a plurality of electrical components positioned around a perimeter of the manifold.

• Research Organization: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (United States); University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
• DOE Contract Number: AR0000897
• Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX); University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO)
• Patent Number(s): 11,864,357
• Application Number: 17/329,727
• OSTI ID: 2541630
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English