US 12,342,478 B2
Compact control module for a vehicle with at least one electric motor and a transmission
Alexander Wenk, Burgoberbach (DE); Peter Schroll, Nuremberg (DE); Karl Maron, Heroldsberg (DE); and Yvonne Wiegand, Mainstockheim (DE)
Assigned to Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH, Regensburg (DE)
Filed by Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,238.
Application 18/191,238 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/077735, filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 212 811.1 (DE), filed on Oct. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0300997 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/00 (2025.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0082 (2013.01) [H05K 7/20254 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control module for a vehicle having at least one electric motor and a transmission, the control module comprises:
a housing for accommodating a transmission control electronics, a converter electronics for controlling an electric motor, and a cooling body, the housing includes:
a housing upper part, and
a housing lower part, the cooling body is arranged between the housing upper part and the housing lower part in such a way that the cooling body forms a part of the housing;
a media-tight first cavity is formed by the housing lower part and the cooling body for accommodating the converter electronics, the converter electronics is thermally conductively connected to the cooling body; and
a media-tight second cavity is formed by the housing upper part and the cooling body for accommodating the transmission control electronics, the transmission control electronics is thermally conductively connected to the cooling body.