	US 12,193,202 B2
	Air cooled compact power systems
Ian Byers, Northville, MI (US); Stuart Wooters, Franklin, MI (US); Gary Miller, Caseville, MI (US); Michael Grimes, Saline, MI (US); and Martin Baker, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Marel Power Solutions, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Marel Power Solutions, Inc., Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/419,263.
Application 18/419,263 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/932,369, filed on Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/480,799, filed on Jan. 20, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/312,580, filed on Feb. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/291,778, filed on Dec. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/291,091, filed on Dec. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/244,282, filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0251533 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)

CPC H05K 7/20936 (2013.01) [H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H05K 7/20909 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a 1^stbus bar comprising a 1^stchannel;

a 1^stheat-pipe received in the 1^stchannel and thermally connected to the 1^stbus bar;

a 1^stdielectric that electrically insulates the 1^stheat-pipe from the 1^stbus bar;

a 2^ndbus bar;

a 2^ndheat-pipe thermally connected to the 2^ndbus bar;

a first device comprising:

a 1^stmetal structure comprising 1^stand 2^ndsurfaces, wherein the 1^stand 2^ndSurfaces of the 1^stmetal structure are electrically connected, substantially flat and oppositely facing;

a 1^stmetal element comprising 1^stand 2^ndsurfaces, wherein the 1^stand 2^ndsurfaces of the 1^stmetal element are electrically connected, substantially flat and oppositely facing;

a 1^sttransistor comprising 1^stand 2^ndterminals between which 1 ampere or more of electrical current is transmitted when the 1^sttransistor is activated, wherein the 1^stand 2^ndterminals comprise st and 2^ndsurfaces, respectively, wherein the 1^stand 2^ndsurfaces of the 1^stand 2^ndterminals, respectively, are substantially flat and oppositely facing;

wherein the 1^stand 2^ndsurfaces of the 1^stand 2^ndterminals, respectively, are electrically and thermally connected to the 1^stand 2^ndsurfaces, respectively, of the 1^stmetal structure and the 1^stmetal element, respectively;

wherein the 1^stand 2^ndsecond surfaces of the 1^stmetal element and the 1^stmetal structure, respectively, are electrically and thermally connected to the 2^ndand 1^stbus bars, respectively.