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Heat removal assembly for use with a power converter

US9894815B1 · kind B1 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Alistair Martin Waddell · Munich, DE
Christian Meyer · Karlsruhe, DE
Michael Bernhard Kocur · Berlin, DE
Mark Aaron Chan Chan · Bad Abbach, DE
Owen Jannis Schelenz · Schenectady, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 8, 2016
Grant date	Feb 13, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 8, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01L23/473
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A heat removal assembly for use with a power converter that includes a condenser and an evaporator coupled in flow communication with the condenser. The evaporator is configured to channel working fluid therebetween. The evaporator includes a supply housing, a receiving housing, and at least one expansion housing extending between the supply housing and the receiving housing. The at least one expansion housing includes a flow inlet defined at the supply housing and a flow outlet defined at said receiving housing, and the flow inlet is sized smaller in cross-sectional size than the flow outlet.

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