US 11,889,667 B2
Vehicle power module assembly
Akash Changarankumarath Pradeepkumar, Westland, MI (US); Alfredo R. Munoz, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US); Edward Chan-Jiun Jih, Troy, MI (US); and Guangyin Lei, Canton, MI (US)
Assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,949.
Application 17/711,949 is a division of application No. 16/018,544, filed on Jun. 26, 2018, granted, now 11,317,546.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225548 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/473 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20927 (2013.01) [B60L 58/10 (2019.02); H05K 7/20254 (2013.01); H01L 23/473 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle power module comprising:
a housing having an upper portion defining a first cavity that encloses an electrical component, the housing including two minor side walls and two major sidewalls that each have an outer surface, the outer surfaces form a continuous perimeter of the housing, wherein the two minor side walls and the two major sidewalls each include a lower portion including an extension wall that extends from one side of the housing and extends the outer surfaces to the extension walls, the extension walls define a second cavity having an inner surface on the opposite side of the extension walls from the outer surfaces, wherein the inner surface of the extension walls define a first lock feature, wherein the upper portion of the housing includes an outer wall recessed relative to the outer surfaces that is provided with a second lock feature that is received in the second cavity and locked to the first lock feature of an adjacent vehicle power module.