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Title: Gas cooled traction drive inverter

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1247987

The present invention provides a modular circuit card configuration for distributing heat among a plurality of circuit cards. Each circuit card includes a housing adapted to dissipate heat in response to gas flow over the housing. In one aspect, a gas-cooled inverter includes a plurality of inverter circuit cards, and a plurality of circuit card housings, each of which encloses one of the plurality of inverter cards.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
9,320,179
Application Number:
14/016,327
OSTI ID:
1247987
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Sep 03
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Drive apparatus adapted to promote heat dissipation from electronic circuit integrated therein patent November 2012
Mother and daughter board configuration to improve current and voltage capabilities of a power instrument patent January 2013
Heatsink, heatsink assembly, semiconductor module, and semiconductor device with cooling device patent October 2013