Patents by Inventor Arnoud Smit
Arnoud Smit has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230015579Abstract: An electrical device for a converter has at least one capacitor having a first connection and a second connection, a first busbar and a second busbar is disclosed. A respective busbar has a greater extension along a transverse direction than along a longitudinal direction, and has a greater extension along the longitudinal direction than along a vertical direction. The respective busbar has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite one other with respect to the vertical direction. The device also has a first contact-connection device electrically conductively contact-connected to the first connection and via which the first connection is electrically conductively connected to the first busbar, and a second contact-connection device electrically conductively contact-connected to the second connection via which the second connection is electrically conductively connected to the second busbar.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbHInventors: Arnoud Smit, Alexander Bucher, Harald Hofmann
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Patent number: 11417470Abstract: The invention relates to a DC link capacitor module (1, 1?), in which a coil (4, 5) is electrically conductively attached to two mutually opposite electrode plates (2a, 2b), wherein a plurality of first connecting means (6) are provided on each electrode plate (2a, 2b) to produce a detachable or non-detachable plug-in connection to second connecting means (9a, 9b), which correspond thereto and are attached to a bus bar (7a, 7b) of a power electronics module (8).Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBHInventors: Arnoud Smit, Daniel Zitzmann, Harald Hofmann
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Publication number: 20210110978Abstract: The invention relates to a DC link capacitor module (1, 1?), in which a coil (4, 5) is electrically conductively attached to two mutually opposite electrode plates (2a, 2b), wherein a plurality of first connecting means (6) are provided on each electrode plate (2a, 2b) to produce a detachable or non-detachable plug-in connection to second connecting means (9a, 9b), which correspond thereto and are attached to a bus bar (7a, 7b) of a power electronics module (8).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2018Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Arnoud SMIT, Daniel ZITZMANN, Harald HOFMANN
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Patent number: 10748835Abstract: A cooling device includes an aluminum heat sink and at least one nickel sheet segment. The nickel sheet segment is connected to the aluminum heat sink by a solder layer. The cooling device includes a securing surface for securing and for heat absorption. The securing surface being formed by that side of the nickel sheet segment which faces away from aluminum heat sink. The aluminum heat sink is formed from a plurality of aluminum sheets which are stacked one above another and are connected to one another. At least one aluminum sheet includes cutouts which form a cooling channel covered by at least one of the aluminum sheets. Furthermore, a method for producing a cooling device and also a power circuit comprising a heat sink as described here are presented.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CPT Group GmbHInventors: Arnoud Smit, Thomas Schmid, Lars Keller, Soeren Rittstieg
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Publication number: 20190295922Abstract: A cooling device includes an aluminum heat sink and at least one nickel sheet segment. The nickel sheet segment is connected to the aluminum heat sink by a solder layer. The cooling device includes a securing surface for securing and for heat absorption. The securing surface being formed by that side of the nickel sheet segment which faces away from aluminum heat sink. The aluminum heat sink is formed from a plurality of aluminum sheets which are stacked one above another and are connected to one another. At least one aluminum sheet includes cutouts which form a cooling channel covered by at least one of the aluminum sheets. Furthermore, a method for producing a cooling device and also a power circuit comprising a heat sink as described here are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Applicant: CPT Group GmbHInventors: Arnoud Smit, Thomas Schmid, Lars Keller, Soeren Rittstieg
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Patent number: 10366937Abstract: A cooling device includes an aluminum heat sink and at least one nickel sheet segment. The nickel sheet segment is connected to the aluminum heat sink by a solder layer. The cooling device includes a securing surface for securing and for heat absorption. The securing surface being formed by that side of the nickel sheet segment which faces away from aluminum heat sink. The aluminum heat sink is formed from a plurality of aluminum sheets which are stacked one above another and are connected to one another. At least one aluminum sheet includes cutouts which form a cooling channel covered by at least one of the aluminum sheets. Furthermore, a method for producing a cooling device and also a power circuit comprising a heat sink as described here are presented.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: CPT Group GmbHInventors: Arnoud Smit, Thomas Schmid, Lars Keller, Soeren Rittstieg
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Patent number: 10314208Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cooling devices. The teachings thereof may be embodied in methods for producing cooling devices and power circuits equipped with a cooling device. Embodiments may include cooling device having an aluminum cooling element; and at least one nickel metal sheet connected to the aluminum cooling element by a solder layer; wherein the cooling device includes a mounting surface formed by a side of the at least one nickel metal sheet facing away from the aluminum cooling element.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Arnoud Smit, Thomas Schmid, Lars Keller, Soeren Rittstieg
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Patent number: 10186936Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric machine having a stator, a rotor and an inverter arranged in an inverter housing. The rotor is rotatably mounted about a rotational axis with its rotor axis in a first end shield and in a second end shield. The second end shield is arranged in or on the inverter housing. At least one suction opening and at least one blowing opening are arranged on the radial periphery of the second end shield. At least two cooling fins are provided on the second end shield, a baffle is arranged between the cooling fins of the second end shield and the stator and the rotor which is arranged in the stator, such that a cooling medium flowing radially through the at least one suction opening is guided to the at least one blowing opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Holger Fröhlich, David Charles, Robert Krause, Arnoud Smit
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Publication number: 20180197806Abstract: A cooling device includes an aluminum heat sink and at least one nickel sheet segment. The nickel sheet segment is connected to the aluminum heat sink by a solder layer. The cooling device includes a securing surface for securing and for heat absorption. The securing surface being formed by that side of the nickel sheet segment which faces away from aluminum heat sink. The aluminum heat sink is formed from a plurality of aluminum sheets which are stacked one above another and are connected to one another. At least one aluminum sheet includes cutouts which form a cooling channel covered by at least one of the aluminum sheets. Furthermore, a method for producing a cooling device and also a power circuit comprising a heat sink as described here are presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Arnoud Smit, Thomas Schmid, Lars Keller, Soeren Rittstieg
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Publication number: 20170366074Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric machine having a stator, a rotor and an inverter arranged in an inverter housing. The rotor is rotatably mounted about a rotational axis with its rotor axis in a first end shield and in a second end shield. The second end shield is arranged in or on the inverter housing. At least one suction opening and at least one blowing opening are arranged on the radial periphery of the second end shield. At least two cooling fins are provided on the second end shield, a baffle is arranged between the cooling fins of the second end shield and the stator and the rotor which is arranged in the stator, such that a cooling medium flowing radially through the at least one suction opening is guided to the at least one blowing opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBHInventors: Holger Fröhlich, David Charles, Robert Krause, Arnoud Smit
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Publication number: 20170196117Abstract: The present disclosure relates to cooling devices. The teachings thereof may be embodied in methods for producing cooling devices and power circuits equipped with a cooling device. Embodiments may include cooling device having an aluminum cooling element; and at least one nickel metal sheet connected to the aluminum cooling element by a solder layer; wherein the cooling device includes a mounting surface formed by a side of the at least one nickel metal sheet facing away from the aluminum cooling element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbHInventors: Arnoud Smit, Thomas Schmid, Lars Keller, Soeren Rittstieg
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Patent number: 7864529Abstract: To improve coolant sealing or reduce the risks in the event of leakage for an electronic unit, e.g. an engine control unit, containing electric and/or electronic components which are disposed on an upper side of a thermally conductive electronic base plate and thermally coupled to the base plate, the base plate in turn being thermally coupled to a coolant passage, there is provided a particular configuration and arrangement of the components delimiting a coolant passage. Advantageously, the underside of the base plate can come into direct contact with a coolant (“direct cooling”). By making a ridge running in an annularly closed manner and being formed in one-piece with the base plate, coolant escaping from the coolant passage is prevented from passing directly to the underside of the base plate. Accordingly, the coolant passage may be sealed by a “double sealing arrangement” on the underside of the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive AGInventors: Radu Vasile Bojan, Arnoud Smit, Remus Sovagau
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Patent number: 7542291Abstract: In order to improve the heat dissipation capacity in an electronic circuit configuration with one or more printed circuit boards thermally coupled by one flat side to a heat sink having at least one coolant duct, the flat side immediately adjoins the coolant duct.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive AktiengesellschaftInventors: Volker Karrer, Bernhard Lichtinger, Johannes Mehler, Folker Renken, Florian Schupp, Arnoud Smit
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Publication number: 20080285230Abstract: To improve coolant sealing or reduce the risks in the event of leakage for an electronic unit, e.g. an engine control unit, containing electric and/or electronic components which are disposed on an upper side of a thermally conductive electronic base plate and thermally coupled to the base plate, the base plate in turn being thermally coupled to a coolant passage, there is provided a particular configuration and arrangement of the components delimiting a coolant passage. Advantageously, the underside of the base plate can come into direct contact with a coolant (“direct cooling”). By making a ridge running in an annularly closed manner and being formed in one-piece with the base plate, coolant escaping from the coolant passage is prevented from passing directly to the underside of the base plate. Accordingly, the coolant passage may be sealed by a “double sealing arrangement” on the underside of the base plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE AGInventors: Radu Vasile Bojan, Arnoud Smit, Remus Sovagau
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Publication number: 20070297145Abstract: In order to improve the heat dissipation capacity in an electronic circuit configuration with one or more printed circuit boards thermally coupled by one flat side to a heat sink having at least one coolant duct, the flat side immediately adjoins the coolant duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventors: Volker Karrer, Bernhard Lichtinger, Johannes Mehler, Folker Renken, Florian Schupp, Arnoud Smit
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Publication number: 20060232940Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a housing, wherein the base body of the housing (10) is initially separated from a hollow profile and a printed circuit board (1) is subsequently inserted into the base body of the housing (10). The base body of the housing (10) is then closed laterally with the aid of covering elements (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2003Publication date: October 19, 2006Inventors: Karl Smirra, Gunter Scheid, Georg Fischer, Arnoud Smit