Abstract:
A power electronics assembly that controls an electrically-actuated turbocharger includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a non-conductive substrate supporting one or more electrical components that attach to the non-conductive substrate on one or more sides of the PCB; one or more conductive layers that couple with the non-conductive substrate and conduct electrical current within the PCB; a fluid barrier layer applied to an outer surface of the non-conductive substrate or conductor layer; and a PCB housing, configured to couple with the electrically-actuated turbocharger, having a fluid cavity that communicates liquid from an internal combustion engine (ICE) to the fluid barrier layer separating the liquid and the PCB.
Abstract:
A printed circuit board (PCB), including electrical components for controlling electrically-actuated turbochargers, having a switching device configured to be electrically connected to an electrical power source and electrically connected to an electric motor of an electrically-actuated turbocharger, wherein the switching device is physically attached to a side of the PCB within a cavity formed in the side of the PCB such that at least a portion of the switching device is below the side of the PCB.
Abstract:
A compressor wheel that can be employed in devices such as turbochargers. The compressor wheel includes an axially extending hub having an inlet end, a shaft bore extending from the inlet end and an arcuate outer surface opposed to the shaft bore. The axially extending hub is composed of a metal and has a porous region located proximate to the arcuate outer surface of the axially extending hub. The compressor wheel also includes a blade array disposed on the arcuate outer surface of the axially extending hub. The blade array has an outer surface and an inner region. The blade array comprises a plurality of circumferentially-spaced, radially and axially extending blades disposed thereon and is composed, at least in part of a polymeric material. Polymeric material located in the inner region of the blade array extends into the porous region defined in the axially extending hub.
Abstract:
A product comprising a stator core having a stator base portion and a plurality of stator teeth extending from the stator base portion in a radially inward direction from the stator base portion, wherein adjacent stator teeth define, at least in part, a stator slot therebetween, and a stator slot closer having a portion for closing an associated stator slot.
Abstract:
A stator assembly used in an electrical machine that includes a stator core having an axial length and a plurality of stator slots that each are configured to receive electrical windings; a slot liner, received by each stator slot, that includes an aperture exposing a portion of the stator core; and a slot divider, positioned adjacent to each slot liner and partitioning each stator slot, comprising an electrically-non-conductive and thermally-conductive material, wherein the slot divider extends through the aperture in the slot liner to abut the stator core thereby communicating thermal energy from the electrical windings to the stator core.
Abstract:
An electronics assembly drives an electric motor and receives a coolant fluid. The electronics assembly includes a heat sink including a thermally conductive material. The heat sink includes a frame extending between a first surface and a second surface. The first surface defines at least a portion of a cavity for receiving the coolant fluid therein. The heat sink includes a plurality of cooling members coupled to and extending from the first surface of the frame into the cavity such that the plurality of cooling members are disposed within the coolant fluid. The electronics assembly further includes an electrical insulator directly bonded to the second surface of the frame and a semiconductor thermally coupled to the electrical insulator. The electrical insulator is a thermal conductor and facilitates heat transfer between the semiconductor and the heat sink. The electrical insulator electrically insulates the semiconductor from the heat sink.
Abstract:
A variable position device (25) for a turbocharger includes a turbine wheel (24). A fluid diverter (26) for diverting exhaust gas flow to the turbine wheel (24) is moveable inclusively between a first and a second end-stop position (80, 104, 82, 106) defining an end-stop span (84, 108). An actuator (46) is in operable association with the fluid diverter (26). The actuator (46) is configure to, in an operation mode, selectively move the fluid diverter (26) inclusively between a first and a second guard band position (88, 110, 90, 112) defining a guard band span (92, 114) that is less than the end-stop span (84, 108). The actuator (46) is configured to, in a first mode, move the fluid diverter (26) to a first reduced guard band position (94, 116) that is inclusively between the first end-stop position (80, 104) and the first guard band position (88, 110), and apply a constant force to the fluid diverter (26) to hold the fluid diverter (26) in the first reduced guard band position (94, 116).
Abstract:
An engine system (40) includes an engine (42), and a turbocharger (1) that receives exhaust gas from the engine (42) and delivers charged air to the engine (42). The engine system (40) also includes an electrically-driven compressor-expander (60) disposed in the engine air intake passage (48) between a compressor section (10) of the turbocharger (1) and the engine (42). The compressor-expander (60) is configured to modify the pressure and temperature characteristics of the charged air flow exiting the turbocharger compressor section (10). A valve (50) controls the flow path and/or direction of the charged air flow as it enters the compressor-expander (60).
Abstract:
An engine system (40) includes an engine (42), and a turbocharger (1) that receives exhaust gas from the engine (42) and delivers charged air to the engine (42). The engine system (40) also includes an electrically-driven compressor-expander (60) disposed in the engine air intake passage (48) between a compressor section (10) of the turbocharger (1) and the engine (42). The compressor-expander (60) is configured to modify the pressure and temperature characteristics of the charged air flow exiting the turbocharger compressor section (10). A valve (50) controls the flow path and/or direction of the charged air flow as it enters the compressor-expander (60).