WO2022043617A1 - Electrical device and method for cooling electrical device - Google Patents

Electrical device and method for cooling electrical device Download PDF

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WO2022043617A1
WO2022043617A1 PCT/FI2021/050586 FI2021050586W WO2022043617A1 WO 2022043617 A1 WO2022043617 A1 WO 2022043617A1 FI 2021050586 W FI2021050586 W FI 2021050586W WO 2022043617 A1 WO2022043617 A1 WO 2022043617A1
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Mika Suonmaa
Ilkka HEIKKILÄ
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02B—BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H05K5/06—Hermetically-sealed casings
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    • H05K7/20845—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating for automotive electronic casings
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H05K7/20—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating
    • H05K7/2089—Modifications to facilitate cooling, ventilating, or heating for power electronics, e.g. for inverters for controlling motor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/62—Heating or cooling of contacts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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    • H02B1/00—Frameworks, boards, panels, desks, casings; Details of substations or switching arrangements
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    • H02B—BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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  • the invention relates to electrical devices and in particular to cooling electrical devices.
  • heat causes stress on the components in the device.
  • the resistance of the components causes heat losses in them.
  • the electrical device comprises a hermetically sealed enclosure, at least one fuse and other electrical components inside the enclosure, as well as a heatsink outside the hermetically sealed enclosure.
  • the at least one fuse is connected to a wall of the heatsink or a cooling piece connected to the wall of the heatsink, by heat-conducting material whereby there is heat-conducting material adapted between a sheath of the fuse and the wall of the heatsink or between the sheath of the fuse and the cooling piece.
  • the heatsink is adapted to conduct heat from the fuse to outside of the enclosure.
  • the heatsink features a channel for a cooling medium for transferring heat from the heatsink by making use of the cooling medium, whereby the heatsink is a medium-cooled heatsink. Heat can be conducted off a body of the fuse. This means that the electrical device can be efficiently cooled and the electrical device as a whole extremely well withstands most difficult environmental conditions.
  • a part of the heatsink wall is part of the enclosure wall part. This allows heat to be efficiently and simply conducted from the fuse to the heatsink, and the overall structure is simple and durable.
  • the channel in the heatsink forms a recess inward in the enclosure. This allows the structure of the electrical device to be made compact, and at the same time the heat transfer surface from the inside of the enclosure to the heatsink fairly wide.
  • the channel has an inlet and an outlet of the cooling medium at the same first end of the channel.
  • the channel has an inlet side and return side which are for the most part separated from each other with an intermediate wall and connected to each other in the vicinity of the end opposite in relation to said first end. This way the cooling medium can be made flow for a long distance inside the channel with a structurally simple solution.
  • said at least one fuse is adapted in connection with the inlet side of the channel. This way, the cooling medium led to the fuse efficiently cools the fuse.
  • the guides may be ribs or recesses, for example.
  • the guides may be adapted to form turbulence in the cooling medium flow. This way, the cooling medium may be led to a desired location in a simple manner, and the cooling medium may be made to transfer heat off the fuse very efficiently.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic end view of an electrical device in cross section along line A-A of Figure 2;
  • Figure 2 is a schematic bottom view of the electrical device of Figure 1 with the bottom cover of the heatsink removed;
  • Figure 3 is a schematic side view of the electrical device of Figure 1 in cross section along line B-B of Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 is a schematic end view of a second electrical device in cross section along line C-C of Figure 5;
  • Figure 5 is schematic bottom view of the electrical device of Figure 4 with the bottom cover of the heatsink removed;
  • Figure 6 is schematic side view of the electrical device of Figure 4 in cross section along line D-D of Figure 5.
  • Figure 1 shows an electrical device 1.
  • the electrical device 1 may be a switch box, power distribution unit, or another device having an enclosure inside which there are electrical components. Electrical components may comprise one or more of the following: fuse, contactor, control unit, connector, conductor, etc.
  • the voltage of the electrical device 1 may be in the 100 to 2000 V range, and the current passing through it in the 50 to 1000 A range.
  • the electrical device 1 has an enclosure 2 which has an enclosure part 2a and a cover 2b.
  • the gap between the cover 2b and enclosure part 2a, as well as the gaps between e.g the connectors 3 and enclosure part 2a are sealed so that the enclosure 2 is hermetically closed. Since the enclosure 2 is hermetically sealed, the electrical components within are effectively protected against environmental conditions. For reasons of clarity, fuses 4, only, are shown of the electrical components inside the enclosure.
  • the enclosure part 2a of the enclosure 2 forms the side walls and bottom wall of the enclosure 2.
  • the cover 2b of the enclosure 2 forms the cover wall of the enclosure 2.
  • the electrical device 1 further comprises a heatsink 5 on the outside of the hermetically sealed enclosure 2.
  • the heatsink 5 is formed in connection with the enclosure 2 so that the bottom wall of the enclosure 2 forms a recess, or as seen from the inside of the enclose 2, a protrusion, towards the inside of the enclosure 2.
  • the heatsink 5 thus has a channel 6 for a cooling medium.
  • the channel 6 of the heatsink 5 is closed on its bottom side by a bottom cover 7 of the heatsink. So, the bottom wall of the enclosure 2 forms the top wall and side walls of the heatsink 5.
  • the heatsink 5 is therefore partly integrated with the structure of the enclosure 2 although the heatsink 5 is outside the hermetically sealed enclosure 2.
  • the material of the enclosure 2 is well heat conducting.
  • the entire enclosure 2 may also be made of one material.
  • Said well heat conducting material of the enclosure 2 may be metal, such as aluminium.
  • the fuses 4 are by their lower part connected to the top part of the heatsink 5 with well heat conducting material 8.
  • the well heat conducting material 8 is adapted between the sheath 4a of the fuse and the wall of the heatsink 5.
  • This well heat conducting material may be paste, such as silicone paste or another well heat conducting paste. Further, the well heat conducting material may be another deformable intermediate material such as flexible elastic material. With the well heat conducting material 8, the sheath 4a of the fuse 4 is firmly brought against the wall of the heatsink 5, whereby any roughness on the sheath and/or wall do not reduce heat conduction.
  • the heatsink 5 in connection with the electrical device 1, there is one heatsink 5, only, located in the bottom part of the enclosure 2. If so desired, the heatsink 5 may also be adapted on the sides and/or cover of the enclosure 2.
  • the electrical device 1 may further have two or more heatsinks 5. Cooling medium is led to the channel 6 from the inlet 9 and the cooling medium is removed from the channel 6 from the outlet 10.
  • the inlet 9 and outlet 10 as well as the connections and pipes connected to them are schematically illustrated with broken lines in Figure 2.
  • the cooling medium is a fluid suitable for the purpose.
  • the cooling medium may be pressurised air, water, or coolant such as glycol.
  • the cooling medium After having passed through the heatsink 5, the cooling medium may be led to a separate cooler, for example.
  • the cooling medium may also be fuel, for example, which warms up appropriately when passing through the heatsink to be used in a combustion engine.
  • the channel 6 has an intermediate wall 11 which divides the channel 6 into an inlet side 6a and return side 6b.
  • the intermediate wall 11 extends from the end on the side of the inlet 9 and outlet 10 to nearby the opposite end in relation to them. This allows the cooling medium to flow, at said opposite end, from the inlet side 6a to the return side 6b.
  • the inlet side 6a has a larger cross section than the return side 6b. This means that the volume of the inlet side 6a is larger than the volume of the return side 6b.
  • the first part of the inlet side 6a may have a smaller cross section than the end part of the return side 6b.
  • the cooling medium When entering the channel 6, the cooling medium is at its coolest, and when the inlet side 6a has a larger cross section than the return side 6b, the effect of the cooling medium can be applied to the components to be cooled as efficiently as possible.
  • the return side 6b may be smaller than the inlet side 6a because the cooling requirement in connection with the return side 6b is lesser.
  • the guides are formed in connection with the inlet side 6a, in particular, because the fuses 4 to be cooled are also adapted in connection with the inlet side 6a. This allows the cooling medium to flow as desired in connection with the component being cooled such as in a turbulent manner, for example. There is no need for turbulence in connection with the return side 6b whereby the return side may be more straightforward.
  • the guides may be recesses 12 or ribs 13, for example.
  • the recesses 12 form supports for the fuses 4.
  • the ribs 13 may extend from the top part of the channel 6 all the way to the bottom cover 7 of the heatsink.
  • the fuses 4 are replaceable, that is, the fuses 4 are removably attached to the clamps 14.
  • the fuse 4 is connected to the cooling piece 15, which in turn is connected to the wall of the heatsink 5.
  • the fuses 4 are connected to the cooling piece 15 with a well heat conducting material 8.
  • the well heat conducting material 8 is adapted between the sheath 4a of the fuse and the cooling piece 15. With the well heat conducting material 8, the sheath 4a of the fuse 4 is firmly brought against the cooling piece 15, whereby any roughness on the sheath and/or cooling piece 15 do not reduce heat conduction.
  • the cooling pieces 15 are connected by their lower part to the top part of the heatsink 5 with the well heat conducting material 8.
  • the well heat conducting material 8 is adapted between the cooling piece 15 and the wall of the heatsink 5. With the well heat conducting material 8, the cooling piece 15 is firmly brought against the wall of the heatsink 5, whereby any roughness on the cooling piece and/or wall do not reduce heat conduction.
  • the top surface of the heatsink 5, that is, the surface towards the inside of the enclosure 2 is substantially straight in the embodiment of Figures 4, 5 and 6. This allows the cooling pieces 15 to be installed in a simple and reliable manner in connection with the wall of the heatsink 5.
  • the cooling piece 15 is adapted around the fuse 4. This allows efficient cooling of the fuse 4.
  • the cooling piece 15 may be formed of one or more parts. In case the cooling piece 15 is formed of more than one part, the parts of the cooling piece 15 may be fixedly or removably attached to each other. The parts of the cooling piece may be fastened to each other e.g. by welding, soldering, or by a screw joint, or another suitable fastening method. When the parts of the cooling piece 15 are removably attached to each other, the fuse 4 adapted inside them may be easily replaced.
  • the cooling pieces 15 comprise a top part 15a of the cooling piece and a bottom part 15b of the cooling piece.
  • the top part 15a of the cooling piece is removably fastened to the bottom part 15b of the cooling piece.
  • the bottom part 15b of the cooling piece is connected to the wall of the heatsink 5.
  • the volume of the inlet side 6a of the channel 6 in the heatsink 5 is substantially as large as the volume of the return side 6b.
  • the guides for guiding the flow of the cooling medium are ribs 13. In the direction of flow, the ribs 13 have a waveform whereby they effectively form turbulence in the flow.
  • the fuses 4 are cylindrical whereby their cross section is circular.
  • the cross section of the fuses may also be angular.

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Abstract

In the solution put forth, an electrical device (1) comprises a hermetically sealed enclosure (2), at least one fuse (4) and other electrical components inside the enclosure (2), as well as a heatsink (5) outside the hermetically sealed enclosure (2). The at least one fuse (4) is connected to the heatsink (5) with heat conducting material (8). The heatsink (5) is adapted to conduct heat from the fuse to outside of the enclosure (2). The heatsink (5) features a channel (6) for a cooling medium for transferring heat from the heatsink (5) by making use of the cooling medium, whereby the heatsink (5) is a medium- cooled heatsink (5).

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Electrical device and method for cooling electrical device
Background of the invention
The invention relates to electrical devices and in particular to cooling electrical devices.
In electrical devices, heat causes stress on the components in the device. The resistance of the components causes heat losses in them. The higher the current passing through the component is, the larger is the heat loss and heat generated that way. In challenging conditions, in particular, such as work machines, it is important that heat does not rise to too high a level.
Brief description of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a new electrical device and a method for cooling the electrical device. The solution according to the invention is characterized by what is disclosed in the independent claims. Some embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the dependent claims.
In the solution put forth, the electrical device comprises a hermetically sealed enclosure, at least one fuse and other electrical components inside the enclosure, as well as a heatsink outside the hermetically sealed enclosure. The at least one fuse is connected to a wall of the heatsink or a cooling piece connected to the wall of the heatsink, by heat-conducting material whereby there is heat-conducting material adapted between a sheath of the fuse and the wall of the heatsink or between the sheath of the fuse and the cooling piece. The heatsink is adapted to conduct heat from the fuse to outside of the enclosure. The heatsink features a channel for a cooling medium for transferring heat from the heatsink by making use of the cooling medium, whereby the heatsink is a medium-cooled heatsink. Heat can be conducted off a body of the fuse. This means that the electrical device can be efficiently cooled and the electrical device as a whole extremely well withstands most difficult environmental conditions.
According to an embodiment, a part of the heatsink wall is part of the enclosure wall part. This allows heat to be efficiently and simply conducted from the fuse to the heatsink, and the overall structure is simple and durable.
According to an embodiment, the channel in the heatsink forms a recess inward in the enclosure. This allows the structure of the electrical device to be made compact, and at the same time the heat transfer surface from the inside of the enclosure to the heatsink fairly wide. According to an embodiment, the channel has an inlet and an outlet of the cooling medium at the same first end of the channel. The channel has an inlet side and return side which are for the most part separated from each other with an intermediate wall and connected to each other in the vicinity of the end opposite in relation to said first end. This way the cooling medium can be made flow for a long distance inside the channel with a structurally simple solution.
According to an embodiment, said at least one fuse is adapted in connection with the inlet side of the channel. This way, the cooling medium led to the fuse efficiently cools the fuse.
According to an embodiment, there are guides in the channel to guide the flow of the cooling medium. The guides may be ribs or recesses, for example. The guides may be adapted to form turbulence in the cooling medium flow. This way, the cooling medium may be led to a desired location in a simple manner, and the cooling medium may be made to transfer heat off the fuse very efficiently.
Brief description of the drawings
The invention is now described in closer detail in connection with some embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a schematic end view of an electrical device in cross section along line A-A of Figure 2;
Figure 2 is a schematic bottom view of the electrical device of Figure 1 with the bottom cover of the heatsink removed;
Figure 3 is a schematic side view of the electrical device of Figure 1 in cross section along line B-B of Figure 2;
Figure 4 is a schematic end view of a second electrical device in cross section along line C-C of Figure 5;
Figure 5 is schematic bottom view of the electrical device of Figure 4 with the bottom cover of the heatsink removed; and
Figure 6 is schematic side view of the electrical device of Figure 4 in cross section along line D-D of Figure 5.
Detailed description of the invention
Figure 1 shows an electrical device 1. The electrical device 1 may be a switch box, power distribution unit, or another device having an enclosure inside which there are electrical components. Electrical components may comprise one or more of the following: fuse, contactor, control unit, connector, conductor, etc. The voltage of the electrical device 1 may be in the 100 to 2000 V range, and the current passing through it in the 50 to 1000 A range.
The electrical device 1 has an enclosure 2 which has an enclosure part 2a and a cover 2b. The gap between the cover 2b and enclosure part 2a, as well as the gaps between e.g the connectors 3 and enclosure part 2a are sealed so that the enclosure 2 is hermetically closed. Since the enclosure 2 is hermetically sealed, the electrical components within are effectively protected against environmental conditions. For reasons of clarity, fuses 4, only, are shown of the electrical components inside the enclosure.
The enclosure part 2a of the enclosure 2 forms the side walls and bottom wall of the enclosure 2. The cover 2b of the enclosure 2 forms the cover wall of the enclosure 2. The electrical device 1 further comprises a heatsink 5 on the outside of the hermetically sealed enclosure 2. The heatsink 5 is formed in connection with the enclosure 2 so that the bottom wall of the enclosure 2 forms a recess, or as seen from the inside of the enclose 2, a protrusion, towards the inside of the enclosure 2. The heatsink 5 thus has a channel 6 for a cooling medium. The channel 6 of the heatsink 5 is closed on its bottom side by a bottom cover 7 of the heatsink. So, the bottom wall of the enclosure 2 forms the top wall and side walls of the heatsink 5. The heatsink 5 is therefore partly integrated with the structure of the enclosure 2 although the heatsink 5 is outside the hermetically sealed enclosure 2.
At the heatsink 5, at least, the material of the enclosure 2 is well heat conducting. The entire enclosure 2 may also be made of one material. Said well heat conducting material of the enclosure 2 may be metal, such as aluminium.
The fuses 4 are by their lower part connected to the top part of the heatsink 5 with well heat conducting material 8. The well heat conducting material 8 is adapted between the sheath 4a of the fuse and the wall of the heatsink 5. This well heat conducting material may be paste, such as silicone paste or another well heat conducting paste. Further, the well heat conducting material may be another deformable intermediate material such as flexible elastic material. With the well heat conducting material 8, the sheath 4a of the fuse 4 is firmly brought against the wall of the heatsink 5, whereby any roughness on the sheath and/or wall do not reduce heat conduction.
In the attached drawings in connection with the electrical device 1, there is one heatsink 5, only, located in the bottom part of the enclosure 2. If so desired, the heatsink 5 may also be adapted on the sides and/or cover of the enclosure 2. The electrical device 1 may further have two or more heatsinks 5. Cooling medium is led to the channel 6 from the inlet 9 and the cooling medium is removed from the channel 6 from the outlet 10. The inlet 9 and outlet 10 as well as the connections and pipes connected to them are schematically illustrated with broken lines in Figure 2. The cooling medium is a fluid suitable for the purpose. For example, the cooling medium may be pressurised air, water, or coolant such as glycol. After having passed through the heatsink 5, the cooling medium may be led to a separate cooler, for example. The cooling medium may also be fuel, for example, which warms up appropriately when passing through the heatsink to be used in a combustion engine.
The channel 6 has an intermediate wall 11 which divides the channel 6 into an inlet side 6a and return side 6b. The intermediate wall 11 extends from the end on the side of the inlet 9 and outlet 10 to nearby the opposite end in relation to them. This allows the cooling medium to flow, at said opposite end, from the inlet side 6a to the return side 6b. For the most part, the inlet side 6a has a larger cross section than the return side 6b. This means that the volume of the inlet side 6a is larger than the volume of the return side 6b. However, the first part of the inlet side 6a may have a smaller cross section than the end part of the return side 6b. When entering the channel 6, the cooling medium is at its coolest, and when the inlet side 6a has a larger cross section than the return side 6b, the effect of the cooling medium can be applied to the components to be cooled as efficiently as possible. The return side 6b may be smaller than the inlet side 6a because the cooling requirement in connection with the return side 6b is lesser.
To guide the flow of the cooling medium, there are guides formed in the channel 6. The guides are formed in connection with the inlet side 6a, in particular, because the fuses 4 to be cooled are also adapted in connection with the inlet side 6a. This allows the cooling medium to flow as desired in connection with the component being cooled such as in a turbulent manner, for example. There is no need for turbulence in connection with the return side 6b whereby the return side may be more straightforward.
The guides may be recesses 12 or ribs 13, for example. The recesses 12 form supports for the fuses 4. The ribs 13 may extend from the top part of the channel 6 all the way to the bottom cover 7 of the heatsink.
Further, at the ends of the fuses 4, there are clamps 14. The fuses 4 are replaceable, that is, the fuses 4 are removably attached to the clamps 14. In the embodiment of Figures 4, 5 and 6, there are cooling pieces 15 in the electrical device 1. The fuse 4 is connected to the cooling piece 15, which in turn is connected to the wall of the heatsink 5.
The fuses 4 are connected to the cooling piece 15 with a well heat conducting material 8. The well heat conducting material 8 is adapted between the sheath 4a of the fuse and the cooling piece 15. With the well heat conducting material 8, the sheath 4a of the fuse 4 is firmly brought against the cooling piece 15, whereby any roughness on the sheath and/or cooling piece 15 do not reduce heat conduction.
The cooling pieces 15 are connected by their lower part to the top part of the heatsink 5 with the well heat conducting material 8. The well heat conducting material 8 is adapted between the cooling piece 15 and the wall of the heatsink 5. With the well heat conducting material 8, the cooling piece 15 is firmly brought against the wall of the heatsink 5, whereby any roughness on the cooling piece and/or wall do not reduce heat conduction. As relates to the shape, the top surface of the heatsink 5, that is, the surface towards the inside of the enclosure 2, is substantially straight in the embodiment of Figures 4, 5 and 6. This allows the cooling pieces 15 to be installed in a simple and reliable manner in connection with the wall of the heatsink 5.
The cooling piece 15 is adapted around the fuse 4. This allows efficient cooling of the fuse 4. There is heat conducting material 8 adapted around the fuse 4 between the fuse 4 and cooling piece 15. This allows efficient transfer of heat from the fuse 4 to the cooling piece 15.
The cooling piece 15 may be formed of one or more parts. In case the cooling piece 15 is formed of more than one part, the parts of the cooling piece 15 may be fixedly or removably attached to each other. The parts of the cooling piece may be fastened to each other e.g. by welding, soldering, or by a screw joint, or another suitable fastening method. When the parts of the cooling piece 15 are removably attached to each other, the fuse 4 adapted inside them may be easily replaced.
In the embodiments of Figures 4, 5, and 6, the cooling pieces 15 comprise a top part 15a of the cooling piece and a bottom part 15b of the cooling piece. The top part 15a of the cooling piece is removably fastened to the bottom part 15b of the cooling piece. The bottom part 15b of the cooling piece is connected to the wall of the heatsink 5. There is well heat conducting material 8 between the bottom part 15b of the cooling piece and the wall of the heatsink 5. In the embodiment of Figures 4, 5, and 6, the volume of the inlet side 6a of the channel 6 in the heatsink 5 is substantially as large as the volume of the return side 6b. The guides for guiding the flow of the cooling medium are ribs 13. In the direction of flow, the ribs 13 have a waveform whereby they effectively form turbulence in the flow.
In the attached drawings, the fuses 4 are cylindrical whereby their cross section is circular. The cross section of the fuses may also be angular.
Those skilled in the art will find it obvious that, as technology advances, the basic idea of the invention may be implemented in many different ways. The invention and its embodiments are thus not restricted to the examples described above but may vary within the scope of the claims.

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1. An electrical device comprising a hermetically sealed enclosure, at least one fuse and other electrical components inside the enclosure, as well as a heatsink outside the hermetically sealed enclosure, whereby the at least one fuse is connected to a wall of the heatsink or a cooling piece connected to the wall of the heatsink, by heat-conducting material whereby there is heat conducting material adapted between a sheath of the fuse and the wall of the heatsink or between the sheath of the fuse and the cooling piece, the heatsink being adapted to conduct heat from the fuse to outside of the enclosure, and the heatsink featuring a channel for a cooling medium for transferring heat from the heatsink by making use of the cooling medium, whereby the heatsink is a medium-cooled heatsink.
2. An electrical device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a part of the heatsink wall is part of the enclosure wall part.
3. An electrical device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the channel in the heatsink forms a recess inward in the enclosure.
4. An electrical device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooling piece is adapted around the fuse and there is heat conducting material adapted around the fuse between the fuse and cooling piece.
5. An electrical device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein there is heat conducting material adapted between the cooling piece and the wall of the heatsink.
6. An electrical device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the heat conducting material is deformable material.
7. An electrical device as claimed in claim 6 wherein the heat conducting material is flexible elastic material.
8. An electrical device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the enclosure has fuse clamps so that the fuse is removably fastened to the clamps.
9. An electrical device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the channel has an inlet and an outlet of the cooling medium at the same first end of the channel, the channel having an inlet side and return side which are for the most part separated from each other with an intermediate wall and connected to each other in the vicinity of the end opposite in relation to said first end.
10. An electrical device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein there are guides in the channel to guide the flow of the cooling medium. 8
11. An electrical device as claimed in claim 10 wherein the guides are ribs and recesses.
12. An electrical device as claimed in claim 10 or 11 wherein the guides are adapted to form turbulence in the cooling medium flow.
13. A method for cooling an electrical device, the electrical device comprising a hermetically sealed enclosure, at least one fuse and other electrical components inside the enclosure, as well as a heatsink outside the hermetically sealed enclosure, in which method the at least one fuse is connected to a wall of the heatsink or a cooling piece connected to the wall of the heatsink, by heat-conducting material whereby heat conducting material is adapted between a sheath of the fuse and the wall of the heatsink or between the sheath of the fuse and the cooling piece, heat is conducted by the heatsink from the fuse to outside of the enclosure, and cooling medium is moved in the heatsink and heat is transferred away from the heatsink by the cooling medium.
14. A method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the heatsink has a channel and the channel has an inlet and an outlet of the cooling medium at the same first end of the channel, the channel having an inlet side and return side which are for the most part separated from each other with an intermediate wall and connected to each other in the vicinity of the end opposite in relation to said first end.
15. A method as claimed in claim 13 or 14, wherein a cooling piece is adapted around the fuse, and heat conducting material is adapted around the fuse between the fuse and the cooling piece.
16. A method as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein heat conducting material is adapted between the cooling piece and the wall of the heatsink.
17. A method as claimed in any one of claims 13 to 16, wherein turbulence is formed in the cooling medium flow.
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