IP Library Granted Patent US 10,156,239
Granted Patent B2
US 10,156,239 · App. 14/646,231 · Granted Dec 18, 2018

Inverter-integrated electrical compressor

Inventors: Takashi Nakagami (Tokyo, JP); Koji Nakano (Tokyo, JP); Keiji Nagasaka (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Kamitani (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Hattori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
F04D25/06F04B39/121F04D25/068H02K11/33H02M7/537H05K7/209H02M7/003
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Patent No.
US 10,156,239
App. No.
14/646,231
Granted
Dec 18, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The inverter-integrated electrical compressor is provided with an inverter-accommodating case ( 2 ) partitioned by a partitioning wall ( 3 ) and a low-pressure refrigerant channel inside a housing, an inverter device ( 1 ) being incorporated within the inverter-accommodating case ( 2 ); wherein the inverter device ( 1 ) is provided with a plurality of high-voltage electric components ( 5, 6 ) constituting a filter circuit, a plurality of semiconductor switching elements ( 7 ), and a control substrate ( 8 ) on which an inverter circuit and a control circuit are mounted; and the plurality of semiconductor switching elements ( 7 ) are installed in a fixed manner on the side surfaces ( 17 ) of a heat-radiating block ( 16 ) provided perpendicularly relative to the partitioning wall ( 3 ).

Claims (25)

1. An inverter-integrated electrical compressor furnished with:

low-pressure refrigerant channels and an inverter-accommodating case partitioned by a partitioning wall on an interior of a housing, the housing having a compressor and an electric motor installed therein, and the low-pressure refrigerant channels being defined by the partitioning wall, and

an inverter device incorporated and integrated within the inverter-accommodating case;

the inverter device being provided with a plurality of high-voltage electric components constituting a filter circuit, a plurality of semiconductor switching elements, and a control substrate having an inverter circuit and a control circuit mounted thereon,

the plurality of semiconductor switching elements being installed in a fixed manner on side faces of a heat-radiating block disposed in a vertical direction relative to the partitioning wall; and

a sealed terminal, for applying power converted by the inverter device from direct current power to three-phase alternating current power of a specified frequency to the electric motor,

installed penetrating the partition wall inside the inverter-accommodating case, the sealed terminal being directly connected to the control substrate, wherein

the inverter-accommodating case includes a terminal installation part on which the sealed terminal is disposed,

the terminal installation part is formed by raising a height of one portion of a face of the partitioning wall, on which the high-voltage electric components and the heat-radiating block are installed, and

a specified insulating distance can be ensured between the sealed terminal and a motor winding, at an inner end of the sealed terminal, and

wherein the sealed terminal and the filter circuit are located on opposite sides of the heat-radiating block such that the heat radiating block is located between the sealed terminal and the filter circuit.

2. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-radiating block is a separate member from the partitioning wall able to be installed fastened at any location on the partitioning wall.

3. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the heat-radiating block is constituted to be inclined with respect to the partitioning wall so as to widen toward the end of the heat-radiating block.

4. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the side faces of the heat-radiating block, to which the semiconductor switching elements are attached and installed, are vertical faces or inclined faces that perpendicularly intersect or obliquely intersect the partitioning wall.

5. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the high-voltage electric components and the heat-radiating block are disposed on the face of the partitioning wall, and the control substrate, on which the high-voltage electric components and the semiconductor switching elements are mounted on opposite sides, is installed with the high-voltage electric components on the opposite side, sandwiching the heat-radiating block.

6. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-radiating block is integrally formed rising from the partitioning wall.

7. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the heat-radiating block is constituted to be inclined with respect to the partitioning wall so as to widen toward the end of the heat-radiating block.

8. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the side faces of the heat-radiating block, to which the semiconductor switching elements are attached and installed, are vertical faces or inclined faces that perpendicularly intersect or obliquely intersect the partitioning wall.

9. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the high-voltage electric components and the heat-radiating block are disposed on the face of the partitioning wall, and the control substrate, on which the high-voltage electric components and the semiconductor switching elements are mounted on opposite sides, is installed with the high-voltage electric components on the opposite side, sandwiching the heat-radiating block.

10. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the heat-radiating block is constituted to be inclined with respect to the partitioning wall so as to widen toward the end of the heat-radiating block.

11. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 10 , wherein the side faces of the heat-radiating block, to which the semiconductor switching elements are attached and installed, are vertical faces or inclined faces that perpendicularly intersect or obliquely intersect the partitioning wall.

12. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 10 , wherein the high-voltage electric components and the heat-radiating block are disposed on the face of the partitioning wall, and the control substrate, on which the high-voltage electric components and the semiconductor switching elements are mounted on opposite sides, is installed with the high-voltage electric components on the opposite side, sandwiching the heat-radiating block.

13. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the side faces of the heat-radiating block, to which the semiconductor switching elements are attached and installed, are vertical faces or inclined faces that perpendicularly intersect or obliquely intersect the partitioning wall.

14. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 13 , wherein the high-voltage electric components and the heat-radiating block are disposed on the face of the partitioning wall, and the control substrate, on which the high-voltage electric components and the semiconductor switching elements are mounted on opposite sides, is installed with the high-voltage electric components on the opposite side, sandwiching the heat-radiating block.

15. The inverter-integrated electrical compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the high-voltage electric components and the heat-radiating block are disposed on the face of the partitioning wall, and the control substrate, on which the high-voltage electric components and the semiconductor switching elements are mounted on opposite sides, is installed with the high-voltage electric components on the opposite side, sandwiching the heat-radiating block.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 28, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046318/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2015
From: NAKAGAMI, TAKASHI; NAKANO, KOJI; NAGASAKA, KEIJI; KAMITANI, HIROYUKI; HATTORI, MAKOTO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035686/0130 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-288763 · Dec 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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