Power inverter for a vehicle

• Main Authors: Xu, Fan, Yonak, Serdar Hakki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.11.2019
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORSOR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; GENERATION; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

A power inverter includes an array of stacked cards each having switches arranged to transform direct current from a battery into alternating current (AC). Each of the cards also includes a first terminal attached to some of the switches and configured to pass AC therefrom to a first electric machine, and a second terminal attached to other of the switches and configured to pass AC therefrom to a second electric machine. First and second substrates of the power inverter sandwich the switches and terminals.