US 11,750,142 B2
System for converting energy
Taoufik Bensalah, Chatou (FR); Joël Lallier, Elancourt (FR); Maxime Migneau, Chatou (FR); and Damien Peyrat, Chatou (FR)
Assigned to THALES, Courbevoie (FR)
Appl. No. 17/252,688
Filed by THALES, Courbevoie (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/066467
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/243572, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1800652 (FR), filed on Jun. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0119568 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H02P 29/68 (2016.01); B64D 31/00 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC H02P 29/68 (2016.02) [B64D 13/06 (2013.01); B64D 31/00 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0648 (2013.01); B64D 2221/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy-converting system comprising a set of at least one load and an inverter comprising transistors, the inverter being intended to convert a DC voltage into an AC voltage that is intended to electrically power the set of at least one load, the inverter being able to be in a set of states comprising a nominal regime and a transitory regime, the set of at least one load drawing, in transitory regime, from the inverter, a power higher than a preset maximum power, the set of at least one load drawing, from the inverter in nominal regime, a power lower than or equal to the preset maximum power, the energy-converting system comprising means for cooling the transistors comprising a holder that is joined to a set of at least one of the transistors of the inverter, the holder comprising a phase-change material, the energy-converting system being configured so that, at a preset ambient temperature, the phase-change material melts when the inverter is in the transitory regime and so that, at the preset ambient temperature, the phase-change material does not melt when the inverter is in the nominal regime, the holder comprising a casing enclosing the phase-change material in a seal-tight manner, the casing being interposed between the set of at least one of the transistors of the inverter and a radiator comprising fins in direct physical contact with the surrounding air.