US 12,261,546 B2
Inverter unit
Praveen Mathesan, Chennai (IN); Prakash Ganesan, Chennai (IN); Vigneshwar Narayanamoorthy, Chennai (IN); Baskaran Raja, Chennai (IN); Herve Ribot, Le Mesnil Saint Denis (FR); Sangeetha Sethulingam, Chennai (IN); Philippe Mercier, Sable-sur-Sarthe (FR); and Saravanan Balasundaram, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to Valeo Japan Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed by Valeo Japan Co., Ltd., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,301.
Claims priority of application No. 202241015552 (IN), filed on Mar. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0299689 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H02M 7/003 (2013.01) [H02P 27/06 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inverter unit comprising:
an inverter for driving an electric motor, the inverter comprising:
at least one power module for converting a High Voltage (HV) Direct Current (DC) to a three-phase Alternating Current (AC) that drives the electric motor, the power module comprising lead frames emanating therefrom, and
a printed circuit board configured with a plurality of electronic components mounted thereon and adapted to control the electric motor, the printed circuit board comprising apertures formed there-through and adapted to receive the corresponding lead frames;
an inverter housing comprising a front head and a cover, the front head comprising an end wall and a peripheral wall, the cover in conjunction with the front head defines an enclosure for receiving the inverter,
wherein a plurality of support elements are adapted to support the power module in a hanging configuration with respect to the printed circuit board to define a printed circuit board sub-assembly.