Sealed Battery Charger Housing

摘要

A housing or other enclosure used to facilitate fluid cooling of a circuitry of a battery charger, such as but not limited to a battery charger of the type used to facilitate charging a high voltage vehicle battery with AC energy provided from a utility power grid. The housing may include a groove and seal arrangement operable to seal a fluid coolant chamber used to cool the circuitry from leaking fluid during use.

主权项

1. A housing for use in cooling first and second circuit assemblies with a fluid, the housing comprising:
a first coldplate having a top side operable to receive the first circuit assembly; a second coldplate having a bottom side operable to receive the second circuit assembly; a fluid cooling chamber through which the fluid flows to cool the first and second circuit assemblies, the fluid cooling chamber being sealed with a bottom side of the first coldplate adjoining with an top side of the second coldplate; a groove within the second coldplate around an entire outer perimeter of the fluid cooling chamber, the groove having a substantially uniform depth throughout the entire outer perimeter; and a seal positioned within the groove around the entire outer perimeter of the fluid cooling chamber to prevent fluid leakage.