Patent ID: 11877429
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A power converter apparatus for a vehicle, the power converter apparatus comprising:
a cooling block provided with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, and with two cooling baths connected to the refrigerant inlet in parallel and each having a shape open to an outside, the cooling block being configured to allow refrigerants passing through the two cooling baths to be merged prior to being discharged through the refrigerant outlet;
two cooling plates, wherein each of the two cooling plates covers an opening of an associated one of the cooling baths to provide a cooling chamber and includes a plurality of cooling fins protruding into the cooling chamber; and
two cooling tubes, wherein each of the two cooling tubes is coupled to the cooling block to provide a space for accommodating a power module between the cooling tube and an associated one of the cooling plates, each of the two cooling tubes being configured to receive the refrigerant from the refrigerant inlet of the cooling block, thereby delivering the refrigerant to the cooling chamber.