IP Library Granted Patent US 9,960,591
Granted Patent B2
US 9,960,591 · App. 15/525,443 · Granted May 1, 2018

Inverter control device

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Patent No.
US 9,960,591
App. No.
15/525,443
Granted
May 1, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a multilayer printed circuit board (circuit board 20 ) having an inverter (switching elements 22 ) mounted thereto, only a second wiring pattern P 2 arranged downstream of a semiconductor relays 24 and able to shut off an electric power supply and a third wiring pattern P 3 arranged upstream of a shunt resistor 27 and able to detect an overcurrent are placed in adjacent layers in a manner to face each other, and thus, even if the mutually facing portions (laminated portion) of the these two wiring patterns P 2 and P 3 are subjected to short circuit, an overcurrent caused by the short circuit can be detected by the shunt resistor 27 and the electric power supply to the switching elements 22 can be shut off by the switching elements 22 , so that overheating at the second and third wiring patterns P 2 and P 3 can be avoided.

Claims (10)

1. An inverter control device having a multilayer printed circuit board and an inverter mounted to the circuit board, comprising:

an electric power shutting means arranged in an electric power line to shut off an electric power supply to the inverter; and

an overcurrent detecting means arranged in a ground line to detect an overcurrent of the inverter,

wherein at least one wiring part of the electric power line arranged downstream of the electric power shutting means and at least one wiring part of the ground line arranged upstream of the overcurrent detecting means are placed to face each other in adjacent layers spaced apart in a laminating direction of the multilayer printed circuit board, and

wherein a wiring of the electric power line arranged upstream of the electric power shutting means and a wiring of the ground line arranged downstream of the overcurrent detecting means are placed not to face each other in adjacent layers spaced apart in the laminating direction of the multilayer printed circuit board.

2. An inverter control device having a multilayer printed circuit board and an inverter mounted to the circuit board, comprising:

an electric power shutting means arranged in an electric power line to shut off an electric power supply to the inverter; and

an overcurrent detecting means arranged in a ground line to detect an overcurrent of the inverter,

wherein at least one wiring part of the electric power line arranged downstream of the electric power shutting means and at least one wiring part of the ground line arranged downstream of the inverter are placed to face each other in adjacent layers spaced apart in a laminating direction of the multilayer printed circuit board, and

wherein a wiring of the electric power line arranged upstream of the overcurrent detecting means and a wiring of the ground line arranged downstream of the inverter are placed not to face each other in adjacent layers spaced apart in the laminating direction of the multilayer printed circuit board.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056299/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 9, 2017
From: SAITO, HIROYUKI; FUJITA, HARUHIKO
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 042302/0540 →