IP Library Granted Patent US 9,788,449
Granted Patent B2
US 9,788,449 · App. 14/844,157 · Granted Oct 10, 2017

Power conversion apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,788,449
App. No.
14/844,157
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion apparatus 2 has a configuration in which a plate-like bus-bar 80, 80′ is disposed vertically so that a width direction thereof is set in a vertical direction, electrically connected to positive electric potential of a battery and fixed to a resin case 50 to include a flat plate-like bus-bar body 81, 82 , to which positive electric potential of the battery is applied, and a voltage measuring terminal 82 to 85 branched from the bus-bar body 81, 82 . The voltage measuring terminal 82 to 85 includes a projecting portion 83 projecting from the bus-bar body 81, 82 , an upright portion 84 extending from the projecting portion 83 upward toward a circuit board 100 , and a measuring terminal portion 85 that is an upper part of the upright portion 84 and electrically connected to the circuit board 100.

Claims (12)

1. A power conversion apparatus comprising:

a semiconductor element;

a cooler disposed below the semiconductor element to cool the semiconductor element;

a resin case accommodating the semiconductor element;

a circuit board electrically connected to the semiconductor element and mounted on an upper portion of the resin case; and

a plate-like bus-bar electrically connected to positive electric potential of a battery and fixed to the resin case, the power conversion apparatus exhibiting a power converting function by a switching operation of the semiconductor element,

wherein the bus-bar includes a flat plate-like bus-bar body, which is fixed to an outside wall portion of the resin case with being disposed vertically so that a width direction thereof is set in a vertical direction and to which the positive electric potential of the battery is applied, and a voltage measuring terminal branched from the bus-bar body,

wherein the voltage measuring terminal includes a projecting portion projecting from the bus-bar body, an upright portion extending from the projecting portion upward toward the circuit board, and a measuring terminal portion that is an upper part of the upright portion and electrically connected to the circuit board,

wherein the resin case has a concave portion by depressing an upper end face of a peripheral wall thereof, and the upright portion extends out upward from the concave portion, and

wherein the concave portion has a convex portion formed in a projecting manner in a bottom portion of the concave portion, in a portion where the upright portion is extended out from the circuit board.

2. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a lower end of the projecting portion is set to be flush with a lower end of the bus-bar body.

3. The power conversion apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an entire part of the projecting portion and a part of the upright portion are molded in the resin case.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: KEIHIN CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058951/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2015
From: NAGASAWA, KAZUYA; IIDA, HIROAKI; SHIGEMASA, MORIFUMI; MAEDA, YASUHIRO; OGURA, MASAMI; NISHIO, HITOSHI
To: KEIHIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036486/0114 →