IP Library Granted Patent US 10,673,309
Granted Patent B2
US 10,673,309 · App. 15/743,359 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Inverter-integrated motor

Inventors: Satoru Akutsu (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihito Asao (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
H02K11/33H02K7/003H02K5/10H02K5/161H02K11/215
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Patent No.
US 10,673,309
App. No.
15/743,359
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inverter-integrated motor according to the present invention is configured such that an inverter module and a motor are integrated so as to line up in an axial direction of the motor, the inverter module is configured into a single member in which are integrated: a power portion that includes an inverter; and a control portion that includes a microcomputer, and the motor includes: a rotor; a stator; and a pair of housings that include bearings that support a shaft of the rotor.

Claims (32)

1. An inverter-integrated motor in which an inverter module and a motor are integrated so as to line up in an axial direction of said motor, wherein:

said inverter module is configured into a single member in which are integrated:

a power portion that comprises an inverter; and

a control portion that comprises a microcomputer; and

said motor comprises:

a rotor;

a stator; and

a pair of housings that comprise bearings that support a shaft of said rotor,

wherein:

said inverter module is a molded body in which said power portion and said control portion are integrated;

said inverter module is mounted to a surface at a non-output end of a housing, of said pair of housings, that has a bearing that supports a non-output end of said shaft; and

said inverter is exposed from a molded resin portion of said inverter module, and a surface of said inverter that is exposed from said molded resin portion contacts said surface at said non-output end of said housing to which said inverter module is mounted.

2. The inverter-integrated motor according to claim 1 , wherein a first housing of said pair of housings is produced so as to have a floored cylindrical shape, said stator being disposed inside said first housing.

3. The inverter-integrated motor according to claim 1 , wherein a thermally conductive member is disposed between said surface of said inverter that is exposed from said molded resin portion and said surface at said non-output end of said housing.

4. The inverter-integrated motor according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a rotation sensor detecting portion that is disposed on said inverter module; and

a rotation sensor detected portion that is disposed on said rotor.

5. The inverter-integrated motor according to claim 1 , wherein terminals of a stator coil of said stator and said inverter module are joined together by press-fitting.

6. The inverter-integrated motor according to claim 1 , wherein said inverter is disposed on a circuit board, and said circuit board is exposed from said molded resin portion of said inverter module at a central axial portion.

7. An inverter-integrated motor in which an inverter module and a motor are integrated so as to line up in an axial direction of said motor, wherein:

said inverter module is configured into a single member in which are integrated:

a power portion that comprises an inverter; and

a control portion that comprises a microcomputer; and

said motor comprises:

a rotor;

a stator; and

a pair of housings that comprise bearings that support a shaft of said rotor,

wherein:

said inverter module is a molded body in which said power portion and said control portion are integrated;

said inverter module is mounted to a surface at a non-output end of a housing, of said pair of housings, that has a bearing that supports an output end of said shaft; and

said inverter is exposed from a molded resin portion of said inverter module, and a surface of said inverter that is exposed from said molded resin portion contacts said surface at said non-output end of said housing to which said inverter module is mounted.

8. The inverter-integrated motor according to claim 7 , wherein said inverter is disposed on a circuit board, and said circuit board is exposed from said molded resin portion of said inverter module at a central axial portion.

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 Jan 10, 2018
From: AKUTSU, SATORU; ASAO, YOSHIHITO
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044583/0659 →
Continuity (1)
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