Patent ID: 11951857
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 17:
18. An electrical connector, comprising:
a housing;
a bus bar extending inside the housing; and
an integrated cooling circuit formed inside the housing at a location adjacent to the bus bar, the integrated cooling circuit including:
a first heat exchanger channel disposed on a first side of the bus bar;
a second heat exchanger channel disposed on a second side of the bus bar;
a first inlet junction passage and a first outlet junction passage connected to the first heat exchanger channel;
a second inlet junction passage and a second outlet junction passage connected to the second heat exchanger channel;
an inlet passage connected to the first inlet junction passage and the second inlet junction passage and adapted for introducing a fluid into the first heat exchanger channel and the second heat exchanger channel; and
an outlet passage connected to the first outlet junction passage and the second outlet junction passage and adapted for expelling the fluid from the first heat exchanger channel and the second heat exchanger channel.