Electric propulsion system of electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9253933-B2
Application number	US-201414249453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2014
Priority date	Sep 13, 2013
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

An electric propulsion system of an electric vehicle according to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a housing having an inside partitioned into a plurality of spaces, power conversion devices disposed in the partitioned spaces of the housing, respectively, a connection bar formed on one surface of the housing to electrically interconnect the power conversion devices and a battery, and adapters configured to connect the connection bar to the power conversion devices, wherein each of the adaptors comprises an inner side and an outer side, wherein the inner side of the adaptor is provided with conductor members formed to be electrically connected to electrodes of the power conversion devices when the electrodes are inserted therein, wherein the outer side of the adaptor is provided with shielding members covering the conductor members for shielding noise generated from the power conversion devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric propulsion system of an electric vehicle comprising:
a housing having an inside partitioned into a plurality of spaces;
power conversion devices disposed in the partitioned spaces of the housing, respectively;
a connection bar formed on one surface of the housing to electrically interconnect the power conversion devices and a battery; and
adapters configured to connect the connection bar to the power conversion devices,
wherein each of the adaptors comprises an inner side and an outer side,
wherein the inner side of the adaptor is provided with conductor members formed to be electrically connected to electrodes of the power conversion devices when the electrodes are inserted therein,
wherein the outer side of the adaptor is provided with shielding members covering the conductor members for shielding noise generated from the power conversion devices,
wherein each of the power conversion devices comprises a high-voltage circuit unit and a low-voltage circuit unit, and
wherein the high-voltage circuit unit and the low-voltage circuit unit are formed to be covered with shielding cases, respectively, and spaced from each other within each space.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the adaptors has one side coupled to the connection bar, and the other side detachably coupled to the electrodes of the power conversion devices.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein each of the adaptors comprises a knob formed to be rotatable, and
wherein the conductor members and the electrodes come in contact with each other or are separated from each other in response to a rotation of the knob.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a heat sink covering one surface of the high-voltage circuit unit,
wherein the high-voltage circuit unit comprises an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) as a switching element, and
wherein an emitter terminal of the IGBT is connected to a copperplate formed between the IGBT and the heat sink.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein one surface of the high-voltage circuit unit and one surface of the low-voltage circuit unit are orthogonal to each other.

6. The system of claim 4 , wherein a pipe connecting portion is formed through the housing to supply cooling fluid into an inner space of the housing, and
wherein a pipe connector coupled to the pipe connecting portion shields a hole of the housing having the pipe connecting portion.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the battery and the connection bar are connected to each other with interposing an impedance adjusting unit therebetween, the impedance adjusting unit adjusting input impedances of the power conversion devices,
wherein a direct-current (DC) connector is formed through one side of the housing having the impedance adjusting unit,
wherein the DC connector comprises:
electrode members having electrodes exposed on inner circumferences thereof;
insulators covering outer circumferences of the electrode members; and
shielding portions shielding the insulators.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein a three-phase alternating-current (AC) connector is formed through one side of the housing having the power conversion device with an inverter, and
wherein the three-phase AC connector comprises:
electrode members having electrodes exposed on inner circumferences thereof;
insulators covering outer circumferences of the electrode members; and
shielding portions shielding the insulators.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises:
first cases covering the power conversion devices, respectively; and
a second case covering the first cases,
wherein the connection bar is integrally formed with the second case.

Assignees

• Lim Jong Kwang
• Lee Yoon Bok
• Kang Won Seok
• Agency Defense Dev

Inventors

• Lim Jong Kwang
• Lee Yoon Bok
• Kang Won Seok

Classifications

• Y02T10/7005

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60L2210/30

  AC to DC converters · CPC title

• B60L2210/40

  DC to AC converters · CPC title

• H02M2001/008

  Electricity · mapped topic

• B60L2210/10

  DC to DC converters · CPC title