IP Library Granted Patent US 9,115,707
Granted Patent B2
US 9,115,707 · App. 13/139,906 · Granted Aug 25, 2015

Inverter module and integrated-inverter electric compressor using the same

Inventors: Makoto Hattori (Tokyo, JP); Hidetaka Sato (Tokyo, JP); Takashi Nakagami (Tokyo, JP); Kazunori Teshima (Tokyo, JP); Mitsuaki Arita (Aichi, JP); Masashi Fujita (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F04B39/121H02K11/0073H02K11/022H01L2224/48091H01L2224/48137H01L2224/48139H01L2224/49111H02M7/003
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Patent No.
US 9,115,707
App. No.
13/139,906
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inverter module and an integrated-inverter electric compressor using the same, which can eliminate noise interference, noise leakage, and the like attributable to a smoothing capacitor accommodated therein and which can be reduced in size and weight is provided. An inverter module ( 11 ) includes a resin module case ( 17 ); a power system board ( 15 ) provided on a bottom side of the module case ( 17 ); and a control board ( 19 ) provided on an upper side of the module case ( 17 ). A smoothing capacitor ( 18 ) connected to a power supply line for the power system board ( 15 ) is incorporated into the module case ( 17 ), and the smoothing capacitor ( 18 ) is electromagnetically shielded with respect to the power system board ( 15 ) and the control board ( 19 ).

Claims (15)

1. An inverter module comprising: a resin module case; a power system board provided on a bottom side of the module case, the power system board converting DC power supplied from a power source to AC power to apply the power to an electric motor; and a control board provided on an upper side of the module case, the control board controlling the AC power applied to the electric motor, wherein

a smoothing capacitor connected to a power supply line for the power system board is incorporated into the module case and is disposed in a space between the power system board and the control board, and

one electromagnetic shield is sandwiched between the smoothing capacitor and the power system board, and another electromagnetic shield is sandwiched between the smoothing capacitor and the control board, and

the electromagnetic shields are configured to block an electromagnetic noise from the smoothing capacitor to the power system board and the control board.

2. The inverter module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electromagnetic shields are metal shielding plates.

3. The inverter module according to claim 2 , wherein the metal shielding plates or the metal case is connected to a ground earth terminal that is formed integrally with the module case by insert molding.

4. The inverter module according to claim 3 , wherein

the ground earth terminal is formed integrally with a fixing leg provided on the module case by insert molding, and

the inverter module is configured to be frame-grounded to the housing when secured to the housing or the like via the fixing leg.

5. The inverter module according to claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic shields configure a metal case surrounding the outer periphery, and the smoothing capacitor is disposed in the module case.

6. An integrated-inverter electric compressor, wherein

an inverter accommodating portion is provided on the outer periphery of a housing accommodating a compression mechanism and an electric motor for driving the compression mechanism, and

an inverter device including the inverter module according to claim 1 is integrally incorporated in the inverter accommodating portion.

7. The integrated-inverter electric compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the inverter module is secured to the inside of the inverter accommodating portion via the fixing leg of the module case so as to be frame-grounded to the housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2011
From: HATTORI, MAKOTO; SATO, HIDETAKA; NAKAGAMI, TAKASHI; TESHIMA, KAZUNORI; ARITA, MITSUAKI; FUJITA, MASASHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 026577/0133 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-145014 · Jun 18, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110261588A1 · Oct 27, 2011