IP Library Granted Patent US 8,172,601
Granted Patent B2
US 8,172,601 · App. 12/659,467 · Granted May 8, 2012

Motor cable device and resin component employed thereto

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Patent No.
US 8,172,601
App. No.
12/659,467
Granted
May 8, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The motor cable device which can prevent damage on an inverter-side connecting member of the motor cable device and lowering in a connecting reliability of the inverter-side connecting member is provided. Also, a resin component used in the above-described motor cable device is provided. The motor cable device electrically connects a motor and an inverter and includes an inverter-side protector and a motor-side protector. The inverter-side protector includes a fixed end which is directly or indirectly fixed to the inverter and which supports the inverter-side connecting member. A swinging motion absorbing portion is formed continuously to the fixed end, the swinging motion absorbing portion being arranged to support a cable body at the inverter-side connecting member and absorb the swinging motion generated at the cable body of the motor cable device, is further included.

Claims (13)

1. A motor cable device for electrically connecting a motor and an inverter, comprising:

a cable body including a plurality of cables;

a motor-side connecting member provided to one end of the cable body;

an inverter-side connecting member provided at the other end of the cable body; and

a resin component having a fixed end which is directly or indirectly fixed to the inverter and which supports the inverter-side connecting member,

wherein the cable body is arranged so as vibration of the motor or shock from an external environment is transmitted to the cable body to generate a swinging motion at the cable body,

wherein a swinging-motion absorbing portion is formed continuously to the fixed end of the resin component, the swinging-motion absorbing portion being arranged to support the cable body at the inverter-side connecting member, to absorb the swinging motion generated at the cable body and to support the plurality of cables in a contacting relationship with each other.

2. The motor cable device according to claim 1 , wherein the swinging-motion absorbing portion has a recess at a free end thereof.

3. The motor cable device according to claim 1 , wherein the resin component serves as a protector.

4. A resin component employed to a motor cable device electrically connecting a motor and an inverter, the motor cable device including a cable body and an inverter-side connecting member, the resin component comprising:

a fixed end which is directly or indirectly fixed to the inverter and supports the inverter-side connecting member; and

a swinging-motion absorbing portion arranged to support the cable body at the inverter-side connecting member, to absorb a swinging motion generated at the cable body and to support the plurality of cables in a contacting relationship with each other.

5. The motor cable device according to claim 2 , wherein the resin component serves as a protector.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
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