Liquid-cooled power electronics assembly for electrically-actuated turbochargers

    公开(公告)号:US11105257B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US17021253

    申请日:2020-09-15

    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.

    PCB design for electrically-actuated turbochargers

    公开(公告)号:US10462937B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-29

    申请号:US16381476

    申请日:2019-04-11

    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.

    Polymeric compressor wheel with metal sleeve

    公开(公告)号:US10393134B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15668828

    申请日:2017-08-04

    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.

    STATOR CORE AND STATOR SLOT CLOSER
    14.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190157933A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-23

    申请号:US15817693

    申请日:2017-11-20

    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.

    THERMALLY-CONDUCTIVE SLOT DIVIDER
    15.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210167668A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-03

    申请号:US17108570

    申请日:2020-12-01

    Inventor: Jeffrey Carter

    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.

    Electronics assembly having a heat sink and an electrical insulator directly bonded to the heat sink

    公开(公告)号:US10900412B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-26

    申请号:US15993747

    申请日:2018-05-31

    Inventor: Jeffrey Carter

    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.

    Guard Band Control of an Actuator in a Turbocharger

    公开(公告)号:US20190128176A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US15800994

    申请日:2017-11-01

    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).

    ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN COMPRESSOR-EXPANDER FOR A TURBOCHARGED ENGINE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FLOW CONTROL VALVES
    19.
    发明申请
    ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN COMPRESSOR-EXPANDER FOR A TURBOCHARGED ENGINE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FLOW CONTROL VALVES 审中-公开
    用于涡轮发动机系统和相关流量控制阀的电动驱动压缩机膨胀机

    公开(公告)号:US20160195047A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-07

    申请号:US14983889

    申请日:2015-12-30

    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 translation: 发动机系统(40)包括发动机(42)和涡轮增压器(1),其接收来自发动机(42)的排气并将收集的空气输送到发动机(42)。 发动机系统(40)还包括设置在涡轮增压器(1)的压缩机部分(10)和发动机(42)之间的发动机进气通道(48)中的电动压缩机膨胀器(60)。 压缩机膨胀器(60)构造成改变离开涡轮增压器压缩机部分(10)的带电气流的压力和温度特性。 充气空气流进入压缩机膨胀器(60)时,阀(50)控制流动路径和/或方向。

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