Abstract: An inverter for a vehicle is disclosed. The inverter for the vehicle illustratively includes: a power module provided with a power semiconductor device; a cooling module coupled to the power module and flowing a coolant therethrough; and a capacitor module mounted at the cooling module through a mounting unit and adapted to absorb a ripple current of the power module.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for forming an inverter circuit for operating a drive motor of an electric vehicle, which can more effectively reduce the switching noise generated by a power module during the operation of an inverter.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for effectively cooling electric modules such as an inverter and an LDC installed in a hybrid electric vehicle or an electric vehicle. The cooling apparatus for electric modules of a hybrid electric vehicle or an electric vehicle secures a uniform cooling efficiency and achieves an excellent heat radiating efficiency at the same time by realizing a new type of cooling system adapted to separately manage heat transfer in the cooling water passages of first and second electric modules by separating an upper passage of the first electric module and a lower passage of the second electric module using a cooling separator.

Abstract: A power module for an inverter which includes a base which has a plurality of slots are formed thereto, a plurality of building blocks inserted into the slots and power cables interconnecting the building blocks. Further, each of these building blocks is provided with a power element which corresponds to one phase. Thus, each building block in the power module may be replaced individually without having to replace the entire power module in case of a failure in a single power element of the power module.

Abstract: A system for recharging a plug-in hybrid vehicle and a control method are provided to recharge a battery with exterior AC electricity plugged in. The system includes a motor operated as an electric motor or a generator, a battery in which DC voltage is stored, an inverter disposed between the motor and the battery, a plugged in exterior AC electric power source supplying electrical energy, a single phase inductor disposed between the inverter and the AC electric power source, a switch which electrically connects or disconnects the motor, a current sensor that detects current value supplying to the motor, and a controller which controls the switch to disconnect electric connection between the inductor and the motor and controls the inverter not to supply current to the phase which is not connected to the inductor when the AC electric power source is plugged in.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for cooling parts of a hybrid electric vehicle. The apparatus cools the main heating parts of a motor driving system, including an inverter, in the HEV. A heat dissipater may also be provided and equipped with different heating parts, such that the heating parts share the heat dissipater. A channel for a coolant to flow is formed in the heat dissipater, and the heat dissipater defines heat transfer paths for transferring heat generated from the heating parts to the coolant. The heating parts include a power module, an inductor, and a film capacitor.

Abstract: A system for recharging a hybrid vehicle is provided with two motors and supplies commercial electricity to neutral points of the motors when a connection of a recharging stand is detected, forms an electricity loop through the neutral points of the first motor and the second motor according to a phase of the commercial electricity, and carries out a recharging mode by detecting at least a voltage of a DC link capacitor in a voltage converter, a voltage of a smoothing capacitor, and a battery voltage. According to the system, a current control value or a voltage control value is selected according to the recharging mode in order to recharge a battery based on the current control value or the voltage control value.

Abstract: The present invention provides a capacitor for an inverter of a vehicle comprising a case; a plurality of capacitor unit modules; positive and negative bus plates that are disposed in the case to be connected to the capacitor unit modules; and a power module corresponding to the unit modules, wherein that the unit modules are insulated from each other through an insulating material, and wherein the bus plates each comprise a bus bar that overlaps with the other bus bar and is electrically connected to the power module.

Abstract: The present invention provides a motor drive system for a hybrid vehicle and a method for controlling the same in the event of a failure in a voltage converter, in which high voltage stored in a DC-link capacitor is discharged to a 12V electrical load through a DC-DC converter, of which the output voltage is increased.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for forming an inverter circuit for operating a drive motor of an electric vehicle, which can more effectively reduce the switching noise generated by a power module during the operation of an inverter.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inverter circuit for a vehicle, which includes: a switching unit that includes a plurality of switching elements and switches a direct current into an alternating current; and a variable clamping unit that clamps an overshoot in case the overshoot is generated, and stops the operation of the switching unit in case a system voltage is greater than a clamping breakdown voltage. The circuit enables a voltage (DC input voltage) greater than a breakdown voltage of clamping unit to be used as a system voltage.

Abstract: A internal data display apparatus for a machine tool is provided, which includes a computerized numerical controller (CNC ) being provided with an internal common memory in which internal data is stored; a shared-memory routine module configured to share said internal common memory of said CNC and to receive data from said internal common memory; a hot-link routine module configured to receive data from said shared-memory routine module and to process said received data; a data-view routine module configured to receive data from said hot-link routine module and to display said processed data; a shared-memory data-view file including information on a common memory from which the internal data will be read; and a display data-view file including information on which data of data stored in said shared memory is displayed.