US 12,002,613 B2
Double-sided cooling package of inductor
Ercan M. Dede, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Tsuyoshi Nomura, Novi, MI (US); Robert Erickson, Boulder, CO (US); Dragan Maksimovic, Boulder, CO (US); Vivek Sankaranarayanan, Boulder, CO (US); Yucheng Gao, Boulder, CO (US); and Aritra Ghosh, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US); and University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/692,370.
Prior Publication US 2021/0159007 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01F 27/18 (2006.01); H01F 27/22 (2006.01); H01F 27/26 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01F 27/22 (2013.01) [H01F 27/18 (2013.01); H01F 27/266 (2013.01); H05K 7/20854 (2013.01); H05K 7/20881 (2013.01); H05K 7/209 (2013.01); H05K 7/20936 (2013.01); H05K 7/20336 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooling package for an inductor assembly comprising:
a cold plate having a slotted recess comprising a pair of opposing open sides, the slotted recess configured for mounting a first inductor core along a first end thereof; and
a heat-spreading bracket mechanically coupled to the cold plate at a first end with at least one mechanical fastener and configured to apply a clamping force to a second inductor core at a second end opposite to the first end of the heat-spreading bracket.