IP Library Granted Patent US 9,948,165
Granted Patent B2
US 9,948,165 · App. 14/652,399 · Granted Apr 17, 2018

Inverter-integrated electric compressor

Inventors: Makoto Hattori (Aichi, JP); Masahiko Asai (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
H02K11/33F04B35/04F04B39/121H02K5/00H02K5/04H02K5/22H02K11/30H02K11/38F04C2240/808H02M7/003
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Patent No.
US 9,948,165
App. No.
14/652,399
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor which has improved assembly properties and assembly precision, and improved productivity. In this inverter-integrated electric compressor, a P-N terminal is provided on the inverter device main substrate, and a power source-side cable can be connected to the P-N terminal by inserting a connector provided at one end; by arranging and mounting multiple high-voltage electric components on the back of the main substrate in the area where the P-N terminal is arranged, a filter circuit is provided on the main substrate. The multiple high-voltage electric components are integrally coupled via fitting units provided on the housing cases of one another and are arranged in a prescribed position on the back of the main substrate with a positioning means provided on one of the housing cases.

Claims (10)

1. An inverter-integrated electric compressor having an inverter device incorporated into and integrated with an inverter housing section provided on an outer circumference of a housing, the inverter-integrated electric compressor comprising:

a P-N terminal provided on a main substrate of an inverter device, the P-N terminal being configured to receive high-voltage direct-current power, and to allow a power-source-side cable to be connected thereto by inserting a connector provided at one end of the power-source-side cable into the P-N terminal; and

a plurality of high-voltage electric components arranged and mounted on a back of an area where the P-N terminal is installed on the main substrate, the plurality of high-voltage electric components constituting a noise removing filter circuit on the main substrate;

the plurality of high-voltage electric components being housed in a first housing case and a second housing case, being integrally coupled via a hook-like fitting convex portions provided on the first housing case and a concave fitting concave portion provided on the second housing case, and being installed in a prescribed position on the back of the main substrate via a protrusion provided on one of the housing cases, the protrusion being integrally formed protruding upward on a top surface of the fitting portion of the resin-made housing case, and being configured to lit into a positioning hole provided on the main substrate.

2. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of high-voltage electric components are a smoothing capacitor and a coil, both being housed in the respective resin-made housing cases, and the housing cases are integrally incorporated and fixed via a screw on the back of the main substrate so that the plurality of high-voltage electric components are housed and installed in the inverter housing section.

3. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

the connector provided at the one end of the power-source-side cable is provided in a position corresponding to the P-N terminal on an inner surface of a cover that seals the inverter housing section, and is configured to be insertable into the P-N terminal upon the cover being attached.

4. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the plurality of high-voltage electric components is arranged on the back of the main substrate so as to correspond to an installation position of the P-N terminal installed on the main substrate, and the high-voltage electric component is subjected to stress added to the main substrate upon the connector being inserted into the P-N terminal.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jun 28, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046318/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2015
From: HATTORI, MAKOTO; ASAI, MASAHIKO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES AUTOMOTIVE THERMAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035841/0928 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-031407 · Feb 20, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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