IP Library Granted Patent US 10,058,002
Granted Patent B2
US 10,058,002 · App. 15/555,583 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Casing and rubber plug of power conversion equipment

Inventors: Naoya Hashii (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Honishi (Tokyo, JP); Kohei Ando (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H05K5/069H05K5/0247
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Patent No.
US 10,058,002
App. No.
15/555,583
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

It is structured that plural service holes are provided on a surface of the casing, that a flange of a rubber plug for sealing the service hole has a lip seal that abuts against the casing of the power conversion equipment, that the rubber plug has a recessed section, that the surface of the casing is provided with a rib on an outer circumference side of the flange of the rubber plug, that an end surface of the rib is orthogonal to an axis of the service hole, and that a relationship of h 1≤ h 2 is established when a distance from an abutment surface of the lip seal to an end surface of the rubber plug on a side with the recessed section is set as h 1 and a distance from the abutment surface of the lip seal to the end surface of the rib is set as h 2.

Claims (6)

1. A casing and a rubber plug of a power conversion equipment having plural service holes in a surface of the casing, the plural service holes being used to electrically join a circuit in the casing of the power conversion equipment, the casing and the rubber plug of the power conversion equipment characterized in that

the rubber plug is provided to seal each of the service holes, the rubber plug has core metal in a cylindrical cup shape, which has a disc-shaped flange on an outer side of the casing, a flange of the rubber plug has a lip seal that abuts against the casing, a cylindrical recessed section which is coaxial with a cylindrical seal surface is provided in a central section of the rubber plug on an opposite surface from the lip seal of the flange, a tip of the rubber plug on a side not provided with the flange has a first tapered surface, an insertion opening for the rubber plug in the service hole has a second tapered surface, the surface of the casing is provided with a rib on an outer circumferential side of the flange of the rubber plug, an end surface of the rib is orthogonal to an axis of the service hole, and a relationship of h 1 ≤h 2 is established when a distance from an abutment surface of the lip seal to an end surface of the rubber plug on a side with the recessed section is set as h 1 and a distance from the abutment surface of the lip seal to the end surface of the rib is set as h 2 .

2. The casing and the rubber plug of the power conversion equipment according to claim 1 characterized in that

the rib of the casing is not provided at a position where the rubber plugs are close to each other but is provided at another position in a manner to continuously surround outer circumferences of the flanges of the rubber plugs, and the plural rubber plugs are thereby surrounded by the single rib.

3. The casing and the rubber plug of the power conversion equipment according to claim 1 characterized in that

a third tapered surface is provided in the service hole on an inner side of the casing, a large diameter section is provided at the tip of the rubber plug, and a relationship of ϕd 1 <ϕd 2 is established when a diameter of the cylindrical seal surface is set as ϕd 1 and a diameter of the large diameter section is set as ϕd 2 .

Assignments (2)
COMPANY SPLIT Recorded Sep 4, 2024
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC MOBILITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068834/0585 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: HASHII, NAOYA; HONISHI, NAOKI; ANDO, KOHEI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043489/0188 →
Continuity (1)
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