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Control apparatus for operating an electric drive for a vehicle having first and second power modules with a cooler therebetween and related method

US11997834B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Hain · Rückersbach, DE
Michael Sperber · Bayreuth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 3, 2020
Grant date	May 28, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 3, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/14
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control apparatus for operating an electric drive for a vehicle may include one or more of the following: a plurality of power module, which has one or more power semiconductors; an intermediate circuit capacitor, which is connected in parallel to the power module; a cooler for dissipating heat generated by the power module; an interconnect device for obtaining electrical contact to the power module, where the interconnect device has a first section and a second section at an angle to the first section, and where the first section and the second section are each perpendicular to a main plane of the power module.

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