Power conversion apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11557980-B2
Application number	US-202117163677-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2021
Priority date	Jul 31, 2018
Publication date	Jan 17, 2023
Grant date	Jan 17, 2023

Abstract

A power conversion apparatus includes: a semiconductor module including a built-in switching element; and a pair of bus bars connected to a power terminal of the semiconductor module. The pair of bus bars has body plate parts that are arranged so as to at least partially face each other in a thickness direction, and pluralities of terminal connection parts that are branched from the body plate parts and to which the power terminal is connected. At least one of the pair of bus bars has a plurality of annular parts that are annularly formed so as to include the plurality of terminal connection parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power conversion apparatus comprising:
a semiconductor module comprising a built-in switching element; and
two bus bars connected to respective power terminals of the semiconductor module, wherein
the bus bars have (i) body plate parts, which are arranged so as to at least partially face each other in a thickness direction of the body plate parts, and (ii) pluralities of terminal connection parts that are branched from the body plate parts and to which the power terminals are connected,
one of the bus bars has a plurality of annular parts that are annularly formed so as to include the plurality of terminal connection parts of the one bus bar,
the plurality of annular parts are linearly arranged in a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, and
the one bus bar has an edge bent part that is bent in the thickness direction at an edge of the one bus bar that extends along an arrangement direction of the plurality of annular parts.

2. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the bus bars has the plurality of annular parts.

3. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal connection parts protrude in the thickness direction of the body plate parts.

4. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
each of the terminal connection parts has a curved part, which connects (i) a main surface of the corresponding body plate part and (ii) a terminal arrangement surface of the terminal connection part, on an outer surface of a rising bent part between the terminal connection part and the corresponding body plate part, and
for each of the terminal connection parts, a leading end of the corresponding power terminal and a leading end of the terminal connection part are oriented in the same direction.

5. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the terminal connection parts each have a line-symmetric shape with respect to a center line along the thickness direction, as viewed from a normal direction of the terminal arrangement surface.

6. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the edge bent part extends continuously in the arrangement direction from one end of the one bus bar to an opposite end of the one bus bar.

7. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the edge bent part extends continuously in the arrangement direction beyond the plurality of annular parts of the one bus bar.

8. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the edge bent part of the one bus bar is located outside the plurality of annular parts when viewed along the thickness direction, and
the edge at which the edge bent part is bent is an exterior edge of the one bus bar.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Kobayashi Masayoshi

Classifications

• H02M1/00

  Details of apparatus for conversion · CPC title

• H02G5/00

  Installations of bus-bars · CPC title

• H02M7/003 Primary

  Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections · CPC title

• H02B11/06

  Means for duplicate bus-bar selection · CPC title

• H05K7/14329

  specially adapted for the configuration of power bus bars · CPC title