IP Library Granted Patent US 9,112,397
Granted Patent B2
US 9,112,397 · App. 13/254,877 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Inverter terminal board installed in motor case

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Patent No.
US 9,112,397
App. No.
13/254,877
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vibration-resistant inverter terminal board capable of sufficiently exerting a sealing effect on vibration even in the case of great variations due to assembly tolerances of a motor and an inverter is provided. In an inverter terminal board including an electric conductor 20 having an inverter side connecting terminal 20 T connected to an inverter terminal of an inverter attached to a case of a motor, a motor side connecting terminal 20 C for supplying power to a power receiving terminal of the motor, and a braided wire 20 H for connecting the inverter side connecting terminal 20 T to the motor side connecting terminal 20 C, a flat plate-shaped long terminal is used as the motor side connecting terminal 20 C and the entire periphery of the flat plate-shaped long terminal is covered with packing 30.

Claims (42)

1. An inverter terminal board, comprising:

an electric conductor which has an inverter side connecting terminal tightened to an output terminal of an inverter attached to a motor case, and a motor side connecting terminal tightened to a power receiving terminal of the motor case, the electric conductor being made by connecting the inverter side connecting terminal to the motor side connecting terminal by a braided wire,

wherein a flat plate-shaped long terminal is used as the motor side connecting terminal and the middle of the flat plate-shaped long terminal is grooved and covered with packing,

wherein the flat plate-shaped long terminal includes a hole configured to receive a fastener for tightening the flat plate-shaped long terminal to the power receiving terminal, and

wherein the packing is between the hole of the flat plate-shaped long terminal and the braided wire.

2. The inverter terminal board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the packing, two or more chevron parts are formed in longitudinal sectional view.

3. The inverter terminal board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein both ends of the packing attached to the motor side connecting terminal are provided with spacers.

4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the packing directly contacts the flat plate-shaped long terminal.

5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the packing directly contacts the middle of the flat plate-shaped long terminal that is grooved.

6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flat plate-shaped long terminal is one contiguous terminal.

7. An apparatus comprising:

an electric conductor including:

a first terminal configured to be tightened to a terminal of a first apparatus;

a second terminal configured to be tightened to a terminal of a second apparatus; and

a braided wire that electrically connects the first terminal to the second terminal;

a packing that is disposed over a grooved portion of the first terminal;

a first spacer disposed over a first distal end of the packing; and

a second spacer disposer below a second distal end of the packing,

wherein the first terminal includes a hole configured to receive a fastener for tightening the first terminal to the terminal of the first apparatus, and

wherein the packing is between the hole of the first terminal and the braided wire.

8. A system including:

a motor case including a terminal;

an inverter including a terminal that is attached to the motor case; and

an apparatus including:

an electric conductor including:

a first terminal configured to be tightened to the terminal of the motor case;

a second terminal configured to be tightened to the terminal of the inverter; and

a braided wire that electrically connects the first terminal to the second terminal; and

a packing that is disposed over a grooved portion of the first terminal,

wherein the first terminal includes a hole configured to receive a fastener for tightening the first terminal to the terminal of the motor case, and

wherein the packing is between the hole of the first terminal and the braided wire.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first terminal is one contiguous terminal.

10. An inverter terminal board, comprising:

a braided wire configured to form an electrical connection between a motor and an inverter;

a first terminal directly connected to a first end of the braided wire and configured to form an electrical connection with the motor;

a packing that contacts a portion of the first terminal; and

a second terminal directly connected to a second end of the braided wire and configured to form an electrical connection with the inverter, wherein

the braided wire longitudinally extends in a first direction, and

the first terminal longitudinally extends in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction,

the first terminal includes hole configured to receive a fastener for tightening the first terminal to a terminal of the motor, and

the packing is between the hole of the first terminal and the braided wire.

11. The inverter terminal board according to claim 10 , wherein the first terminal is one contiguous terminal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2011
From: KOBAYASHI, MASAKI; OKAMOTO, KENICHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026857/0697 →