Patents Assigned to BORGWARNER LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SA
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Patent number: 12027809Abstract: A vehicle inverter terminal sealing arrangement comprising a electrical terminal of said inverter sealed into an inverter and having a distal portion of said terminal protruding external to said inverter, wherein said terminal is sealed into said inverter by means of a resilient peripheral seal, said peripheral seal surrounding a portion said terminal, and said seal being wedged between said terminal and at least one portion of said inverter.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: BORGWARNER LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SAInventors: Lucas Giambrone, Rodrigue Berhin
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Patent number: 11953393Abstract: A method of measuring torque is provided in a six phase electrical motor which includes a motor-stator including two electrically independent stator winding arrangements which each have three combined windings such that the winding arrangements are symmetrical and offset by an angle to each other and such that each combined winding of the second stator arrangement has a corresponding combined winding in the first stator arrangement and offset thereto by an angle. The method includes a) determining the current in the three combined windings of the first stator arrangement and/or the current in the three combined windings of the second stator arrangement and b) determining the torque from the currents.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventor: Felix Mandoux
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Patent number: 11950398Abstract: A cooling system for a capacitor may include a housing for the capacitor, the housing comprising of a bottom surface, a top surface, and at least one side surface connecting the bottom surface and the top surface, the housing further including: a bottom inlet manifold and a bottom outlet manifold extending along the bottom surface; an inlet side channel extending along the side surface, the inlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom inlet manifold; an outlet side channel extending along the side surface, the outlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom outlet manifold; a top inlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top inlet manifold being in fluid communication with the inlet side channel; and a top outlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top outlet manifold being in fluid communication with the outlet side channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventors: Pascal David, Mark Alan Ebenhart, Marc Cipriano
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Patent number: 11943903Abstract: A cooling system for a capacitor may include a housing for the capacitor, the housing comprising of a bottom surface, a top surface, and at least one side surface connecting the bottom surface and the top surface, the housing further including: a bottom inlet manifold and a bottom outlet manifold extending along the bottom surface; an inlet side channel extending along the side surface, the inlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom inlet manifold; an outlet side channel extending along the side surface, the outlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom outlet manifold; a top inlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top inlet manifold being in fluid communication with the inlet side channel; and a top outlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top outlet manifold being in fluid communication with the outlet side channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventors: Pascal David, Mark Alan Ebenhart, Marc Cipriano
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Publication number: 20230327597Abstract: A system for a power switch module for an inverter includes a Silicon (Si) power switch configured to pass current in an on state based on an Si gate driving signal, a Silicon Carbide (SiC) power switch configured to pass current in an on state based on an SiC gate driving signal, an Si gate driver configured to provide the Si gate driving signal to operate the Si power switch when a current requirement of the inverter is at or above a threshold, and an SiC gate driver configured to provide the SiC gate driving signal to operate the SiC power switch when the current requirement of the inverter is below the threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventors: Eric BOURNICHE, Pascal DAVID
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Publication number: 20230240056Abstract: A cooling system for a capacitor may include a housing for the capacitor, the housing comprising of a bottom surface, a top surface, and at least one side surface connecting the bottom surface and the top surface, the housing further including: a bottom inlet manifold and a bottom outlet manifold extending along the bottom surface; an inlet side channel extending along the side surface, the inlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom inlet manifold; an outlet side channel extending along the side surface, the outlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom outlet manifold; a top inlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top inlet manifold being in fluid communication with the inlet side channel; and a top outlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top outlet manifold being in fluid communication with the outlet side channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicant: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventors: Pascal David, Mark Alan Ebenhart, Marc Cipriano
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Publication number: 20230232568Abstract: A cooling system for a capacitor may include a housing for the capacitor, the housing comprising of a bottom surface, a top surface, and at least one side surface connecting the bottom surface and the top surface, the housing further including: a bottom inlet manifold and a bottom outlet manifold extending along the bottom surface; an inlet side channel extending along the side surface, the inlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom inlet manifold; an outlet side channel extending along the side surface, the outlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom outlet manifold; a top inlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top inlet manifold being in fluid communication with the inlet side channel; and a top outlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top outlet manifold being in fluid communication with the outlet side channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventors: Pascal DAVID, Mark Alan EBENHART, Marc CIPRIANO
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Publication number: 20230231470Abstract: A system for an AC to DC PFC converter includes a first phase switch group connected to a first node to receive power from a first phase of a voltage source; a second phase switch group connected to a second node to receive power from a second phase of the voltage source; a third phase switch group connected to a third node to receive power from a third phase of the voltage source; a neutral phase switch group connected to a fourth node to be connected to a ground terminal of the voltage source; a first switch connected to the first node and the second node; and a second switch connected to the second node and the third node.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventors: Venkata Jaya Sai Praneeth AMMANAMANCHI, Alexandre M.S. REIS
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Publication number: 20230232597Abstract: A cooling system for a capacitor may include a housing for the capacitor, the housing comprising of a bottom surface, a top surface, and at least one side surface connecting the bottom surface and the top surface, the housing further including: a bottom inlet manifold and a bottom outlet manifold extending along the bottom surface; an inlet side channel extending along the side surface, the inlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom inlet manifold; an outlet side channel extending along the side surface, the outlet side channel being in fluid communication with the bottom outlet manifold; a top inlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top inlet manifold being in fluid communication with the inlet side channel; and a top outlet manifold extending along the top surface, the top outlet manifold being in fluid communication with the outlet side channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventors: Pascal DAVID, Mark Alan EBENHART, Marc CIPRIANO
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Publication number: 20220333546Abstract: A method of determining the total evaporation rate of fuel from an oil sump of an engine comprising: a) defining for said fuel, a plurality (n-1) of zones, each zone comprising a separate temperature range, and corresponding to a particular fuel constituent portion; b) determining or estimating the mass of said particular fuel constituent portion present in the sump for each zone; c) for each zone, determining an evaporation rate based on oil temperature; and the corresponding mass determined in step b); d) summing the evaporation rates for each zone from step c) to provide said total evaporation rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: BORGWARNER LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SAInventors: Marceau Bernard, Maxime Lienhart, Oguz Iscimen
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Publication number: 20220255472Abstract: A method of braking in an electrically powered vehicle, said vehicle including a drive system which includes a multi-phase motor electric motor, said motor comprising at least one stator group; said stator group comprising a first stator arrangement including three coils (e2, e4, e6) and a second stator arrangement including threes coils, (e2* e4* e6*) being angularly offset from said first coil arrangement, and where, said first arrangement is connected to respective low side and/or high side circuitry, including a low side switches (32, 34, 36) and/or high side switches (31, 33, 35) for each of the said coils respectively, adapted to selectively allow current to flow through said respective coils of said first stator arrangement from a power source, and where said second arrangements is connected to respective low side and/or high side circuitry, including a low side switches (32*, 34, *36*) and/or high side switches (31*, 33*, 35*) for each of the said coils respectively, adapted to selectively allow curreType: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2020Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: BORGWARNER LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SAInventors: Philippe FARAH, Sebastien STOLTZ-DOUCHET
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Publication number: 20220236143Abstract: A method of determining the instantaneous acceleration of an internal combustion engine comprising one or more cylinders, with respect to a combustion event, n, comprising: a) providing a signal indicative of crankshaft speed, said signal comprising a series of minima and maxima with respect to each successive combustion event; b) determining the accelerations based on: the initial speed value of the minima, Min(n) just before the combustion event, n, and the subsequent speed value of the maximum immediately subsequent to the combustion event, Max (n), as well as the speed of the minima for the subsequent combustion event, Min (n+1).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: BorgWarner Luxembourg Automotive Systems SAInventors: Philippe BOVI, Bart SCHREURS, Michel PETERS
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Publication number: 20220209437Abstract: A vehicle inverter terminal sealing arrangement comprising a electrical terminal of said inverter sealed into an inverter and having a distal portion of said terminal protruding external to said inverter, wherein said terminal is sealed into said inverter by means of a resilient peripheral seal, said peripheral seal surrounding a portion said terminal, and said seal being wedged between said terminal and at least one portion of said inverter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: BORGWARNER LUXEMBOURG AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS SAInventors: Lucas GIAMBRONE, Rodrigue BERHIN