Power distribution device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12154739-B2
Application number	US-202217964163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2022
Priority date	Apr 15, 2020
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

A power distribution device has a resin part covering a portion of a power line and a portion of a signal line and having a switch adjacent to one surface of the resin part, and a cooling part disposed adjacent to a back surface of the resin part opposite to the one surface. The power line and the signal line each have, inside the resin part, a laid-out portion extending in a planar direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction in which the one surface and the back surface are arranged, and a led-out portion extending from the laid-out portion toward the one surface. The laid-out portion of the power line and the laid-out portion of the signal line are located in a projection area of the cooling unit projected in the arrangement direction, and are separated from each other and arranged in the arrangement direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power distribution device comprising:
a switch configured to control conduction and interception of a supplied power between a power supply and an electrical load;
a control unit configured to turn on and off the switch according to a control signal having a voltage lower than the supplied power;
a power line through which the supplied power flows;
a signal line through which the control signals flows;
a resin part covering a portion of the power line and a portion of the signal line, and in which the switch is disposed adjacent to one surface; and
a cooling part disposed adjacent to a back surface of the resin part, the back surface being on a back side of the one surface of the resin part, wherein
each of the power line and the signal line includes, inside the resin part, a laid-out portion extending in a planar direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction in which the one surface and the back surface are arranged, and a led-out portion extending from the laid-out portion toward the one surface, and
the laid-out portion of the power line and the laid-out portion of the signal line are located in a projection area of the cooling unit projected in the arrangement direction, and are separated from each other and arranged in the arrangement direction.

2. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the laid-out portion of the power line is located closer to the back surface than the laid-out portion of the signal line in the arrangement direction.

3. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the laid-out portion of the power line and the laid-out portion of the signal line each have an overlapping area overlapping the projection area in the arrangement direction, and
the overlapping area of the laid-out portion of the power line is larger than the overlapping area of the laid-out portion of the signal line.

4. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , comprising:
an insulating heat transfer sheet disposed between the resin part and the cooling part for facilitating heat conduction between the resin part and the cooling part.

5. The power distribution device according to claim 4 , wherein
a part of the laid-out portion of the power line is exposed from the back surface and is in contact with the heat transfer sheet.

6. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cooling part includes a channel to allow a cooling fluid to flow therein.

7. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a shield part having a magnetic permeability higher than that of the resin part, the shield part being interposed between the laid-out portion of the power line and the laid-out portion of the signal line in the arrangement direction.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Nishimata Tatsuki
• Kawashima Takashi
• Oyanagi Hajime

Classifications

• H02J2105/37

  exchanging power with electric vehicles [EV] or with hybrid electric vehicles [HEV] · CPC title

• H02J7/143 Primary

  with multiple generators · CPC title

• H02J7/1492

  by means of controlling devices between the generator output and the battery · CPC title

• H05K7/20927

  Liquid coolant without phase change · CPC title

• B60R16/03

  for supply of electrical power to vehicle subsystems {or for (circuit arrangements for charging batteries H02J7/00)} · CPC title