Vehicle control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9320158-B2
Application number	US-201113985720-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2011
Priority date	Mar 7, 2011
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle control device includes a casing that is mounted on a vehicle of an electric vehicle, a machine installing chamber that is provided in the casing and in which a machine that controls the electric vehicle is installed, an air circulating chamber that is provided on a vehicle center side in the casing, a partition plate in which a first through hole that is formed on a side of a top surface of the casing and allows an air a in the machine installing chamber to flow in the air circulating chamber and a second through hole that is formed on a side of a bottom surface of the casing and allows an air in the air circulating chamber to flow in the machine installing chamber are formed, and a radiator radiates heat of an air that flows via the first through hole in the air circulating chamber.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle control device comprising:
a casing that is mounted on a vehicle of an electric vehicle;
a machine installing chamber that is provided on a side of a vehicle side in the casing and in which a machine that controls the electric vehicle is installed;
an air circulating chamber that is provided on a vehicle center side in the casing;
a partition plate that is provided between the machine installing chamber and the air circulating chamber and in which a first through hole that is formed on a side of a top surface of the casing and allows an air in the machine installing chamber to flow in the air circulating chamber and a second through hole that is formed on a side of a bottom surface of the casing and allows an air in the air circulating chamber to flow in the machine installing chamber are formed; and
a radiator that is provided on a top of the air circulating chamber and radiates heat of an air that flows via the first through hole in the air circulating chamber by a traveling wind of the electric vehicle.

2. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiator is further provided on a casing side-surface on the vehicle center side along a traveling direction of the electric vehicle.

3. The vehicle control device according to claim 2 , wherein the radiator provided on the casing side-surface is provided on an upper side of the casing side-surface.

4. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first through hole is formed between an inner circumferential surface of the top surface of the casing and the partition plate, and
the second through hole is formed between an inner circumferential surface of the bottom surface of the casing and the partition plate.

5. The vehicle control device according to claim 1 , wherein the machine installing chamber includes a power conversion device that is configured by a switching element formed by a wide bandgap semiconductor.

6. The vehicle control device according to claim 5 , wherein the wide bandgap semiconductor is silicon carbide, a gallium nitride-based material, or diamond.

7. A vehicle control device comprising:
a casing that is mounted on a vehicle of an electric vehicle;
a first machine installing chamber that is provided on a side of one vehicle side in the casing and in which a machine that controls the electric vehicle is installed;
a second machine installing chamber that is provided on a side of the other vehicle side in the casing and in which a machine that controls the electric vehicle is installed;
an air circulating chamber that is provided between the first machine installing chamber and the second machine installing chamber;
a first partition plate that is provided between the first machine installing chamber and the air circulating chamber and in which a first through hole that is formed on a side of a top surface of the casing and allows an air in the first machine installing chamber to flow in the air circulating chamber and a second through hole that is formed on a side of a bottom surface of the casing and allows an air in the air circulating chamber to flow in the first machine installing chamber are formed;
a second partition plate that is provided between the second machine installing chamber and the air circulating chamber and in which a third through hole that is formed on the side of the top surface of the casing and allows an air in the second machine installing chamber to flow in the air circulating chamber and a fourth through hole that is formed on the side of the bottom surface of the casing and allows an air in the air circulating chamber to flow in the second machine installing chamber are formed; and
a radiator that is provided on a top of the air circulating chamber and radiates heat of an air that flows via the first through hole and the third through hole in the air circulating chamber by a traveling wind of the electric vehicle.

8. The vehicle control device according to claim 7 , wherein
the first through hole is formed between an inner circumferential surface of the top surface of the casing and the first partition plate,
the second through hole is formed between an inner circumferential surface of the bottom surface of the casing and the first partition plate,
the third through hole is formed between the inner circumferential surface of the top surface of the casing and the second partition plate, and
the fourth through hole is formed between the inner circumferential surface of the bottom surface of the casing and the second partition plate.

9. The vehicle control device according to claim 7 , wherein either the first machine installing chamber or the second machine installing chamber includes a power conversion device that is configured by a switching element formed by a wide bandgap semiconductor.

10. The vehicle control device according to claim 9 , wherein the wide bandgap semiconductor is silicon carbide, a gallium nitride-based material, or diamond.

Assignees

• Ikemoto Minoru
• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ikemoto Minoru

Classifications

• B61C17/00 Primary

  Arrangement or disposition of parts; Details or accessories not otherwise provided for; Use of control gear and control systems · CPC title

• H05K7/20127

  Natural convection · CPC title

• H05K7/2089

  for power electronics, e.g. for inverters for controlling motor · CPC title

• H05K5/0213 Primary

  Venting apertures; Constructional details thereof · CPC title

• H05K7/20909

  Forced ventilation, e.g. on heat dissipaters coupled to components · CPC title