Cooling apparatus for a motor vehicle having a drive which comprises two motors

US9131629B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NEXANS · FR

Inventors

• Helmut Steinberg · Sulzbach-Rosenberg, DE
• Hans Hohenner · Höchst im Odenwald, DE
• Josef Krauthan · Tirschenreuth, DE
• Udo Mayer · Bischofswerda, DE
• Helmut Hanebuth · Windischeschenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 11, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K7/20927
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A cooling apparatus for a motor vehicle having a drive which comprises two motors, of which one is an internal combustion engine and the other is an electric motor (3) which is connected to an inverter (2), which is connected to an electrical energy source (1), via electrical cables (4, 5). For the purpose of cooling the energy source (1) and the inverter (2), the latter are each equipped with at least one cooling element, which directly surrounds the energy source or inverter, for conducting a fluid coolant. The electrical cables (4, 5) are combined with at least two pipes which at one end are connected to the cooling elements of the energy source (1) and inverter (2) and at the other end are connected to a heat exchanger (7) in order to form a coolant circuit.