US 12,261,504 B2
Drive assembly with annularly arranged power transistors and vehicle including the same
Guibin Jiang, Guangdong (CN); Hongxin Liu, Guangdong (CN); Hongyu Li, Guangdong (CN); Biao Wei, Guangdong (CN); and Lixiong Mo, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to ZHUHAI ENPOWER ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Zhuhai (CN)
Filed by ZHUHAI ENPOWER ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Jun. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/832,758.
Application 17/832,758 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/128919, filed on Nov. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201911246844.3 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 201911246892.2 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 201911247025.0 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 201911247126.8 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 201911247127.2 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 201922178390.2 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 201922178476.5 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 201922178480.1 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 201922178661.4 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; application No. 201922178663.3 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019; and application No. 201922180773.3 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302792 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H02K 11/33 (2016.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.01); H01M 50/517 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01); H02G 5/00 (2006.01); H02K 3/28 (2006.01); H02K 3/50 (2006.01); H02K 5/20 (2006.01); H02K 5/22 (2006.01); H02K 9/19 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 5/225 (2013.01) [B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60L 50/51 (2019.02); H01M 50/517 (2021.01); H01M 50/519 (2021.01); H02G 5/005 (2013.01); H02K 3/28 (2013.01); H02K 3/50 (2013.01); H02K 3/505 (2013.01); H02K 5/20 (2013.01); H02K 5/203 (2021.01); H02K 9/19 (2013.01); H02K 11/33 (2016.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H05K 7/20927 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01); H02K 2203/09 (2013.01); H02K 2211/03 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive assembly with annularly arranged power transistors, comprising a housing, a motor controller, a rotor, and a stator, wherein
the housing is cylindrical, and is provided therein with a chamber along an axial direction of the housing; an inner wall of the housing is provided with a partition wall along a radial direction of the housing, the partition wall divides the chamber into a motor mounting chamber and a controller mounting chamber; the rotor is provided in the motor mounting chamber; the stator is provided in the motor mounting chamber, and is located outside the rotor; and the motor controller is provided in the controller mounting chamber;
an outer wall of the housing is provided with a liquid cooling channel; the liquid cooling channel comprises a motor cooling groove and a controller cooling groove that communicate with each other; and the motor cooling groove is located on an outer wall of the motor mounting chamber, and the controller cooling groove is located on an outer wall of the controller mounting chamber;
the motor controller comprises a circuit board assembly and multiple power transistors; the multiple power transistors are provided at an outer circumference of the circuit board assembly, and are electrically connected with the circuit board assembly; the multiple power transistors are evenly distributed along a circumferential direction of the controller mounting chamber;
packages of the multiple power transistors are connected with an inner wall of the controller mounting chamber; and the controller cooling groove surrounds the power transistors;
the housing is provided with a ring wall in the controller mounting chamber; an annular power transistor mounting groove is formed between the ring wall and the inner wall of the controller mounting chamber; and the multiple power transistors are located in the power transistor mounting groove; and
the drive assembly further comprises a holding member; the holding member comprises an annular base portion and multiple holding portions; the multiple holding portions are distributed on the annular base portion in a circumferential direction of the annular base portion; the holding member is located in the power transistor mounting groove; and the holding portions abut between the ring wall and the power transistor mounting groove.