| CPC H01R 24/28 (2013.01) [B60L 53/18 (2019.02); H02J 7/0042 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A liquid cooled cable arrangement for high-power fast charging of electric vehicles, comprising:
a charging connector and a liquid cooled charging cable,
wherein the liquid cooled charging cable comprises a plurality of conductors for supplying charging current and at least two fluid channels for supply and return of a liquid coolant,
wherein the charging connector comprises a plurality of bus bars and a plurality of contacts,
wherein each one conductor is electrically and thermally connected to one bus bar and via the bus bar to one contact, and
wherein the charging connector comprises a second part having a thermally conductive and electrically insulating material to which the bus bars are attached and to which the fluid channels are thermally connected such that heat generated in the contacts during charging is removed by the liquid coolant;
wherein the bus bars comprise bus bar fluid channels to which the fluid channels are thermally connected such that heat generated in the contacts during charging is removed by the liquid coolant.
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