Integrated system

1. An integrated unit comprising:

a control unit having a control unit connector; and

a controlled unit that has a controlled unit connector to be fitted into the control unit connector and is electrically coupled to the control unit by causing the control unit connector and the controlled unit connector to be fitted into each other, the control unit connector and the controlled unit connector being disposed between the control unit and the controlled unit and the control unit being disposed on a top surface of the controlled unit,

wherein the control unit and the controlled unit are held in a coupled state in which electrical coupling is accomplished by a fastening supporting member;

wherein at least part of the control unit connector and the controlled unit connector, as viewed from a vertical direction, is disposed within an area through which a line segment passes, the line segment being perpendicular to a virtual line connecting a center of gravity of the control unit and the fastening supporting member, the area being provided between the center of gravity and the fastening supporting member in a direction along the virtual line as viewed from the vertical direction,

wherein the controlled unit includes an electric rotating machine having a rotor and a stator opposite to the rotor, and

wherein the area overlaps the electric rotating machine as viewed from the vertical direction.

2. The integrated unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit includes a box-shaped control unit casing and a first control unit connector and a second control unit connector that are provided in the control unit casing so as to constitute the control unit connector;

wherein the controlled unit includes an electric rotating machine having a rotor and a stator disposed so as to be opposed to each other, a substantially cylindrically-shaped electric rotating machine casing that has the electric rotating machine housed therein, and a first controlled unit connector and a second controlled unit connector that are provided on a circumferential surface of the electric rotating machine casing so as to constitute the controlled unit connector;

wherein the first control unit connector and the second control unit connector as well as the first controlled unit connector and the second controlled unit connector, as viewed from a vertical direction, are disposed such that an axis of rotation of the rotor is therebetween; and

wherein the first control unit connector and the second control unit connector as well as the first controlled unit connector and the second controlled unit connector, as viewed from the axis of rotation, are disposed along a tangent line passing through an upper end of the electric rotating machine.

3. The integrated unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit connector and the controlled unit connector each have three connecting conductors that correspond to U, V, and W phases; and

wherein a clearance between connecting terminals on the opposite side of connecting terminals of the control unit connector in the connecting conductors of the controlled unit connector is smaller than a clearance between the connecting terminals on the opposite side of the connecting terminals of the controlled unit connector in the connecting conductors of the control unit connector.

4. The integrated unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein at least two guiding portions are provided that guide the control unit when the control unit is mounted on the controlled unit; and

wherein the at least two guiding portions are opposed to each other such that the center of gravity of the control unit is therebetween.

5. The integrated unit according to claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the controlled unit is substantially orthogonal to the vertical direction.

6. The integrated unit according to claim 1 , wherein the area extends in parallel to the top surface of the controlled unit.

7. The integrated unit according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening supporting member is inserted through a through-hole provided in the control unit and fastened to a fastening hole provided in the controlled unit.

8. An integrated system comprising:

a controller having a controller connector;

a drive device having a top surface on which the controller is disposed, the drive device having a drive device connector which is connected to the controller connector so that the drive device is electrically coupled to the controller, the controller connector and the drive device connector being disposed between the controller and the drive device; and

a fastening supporting member via which the controller and the drive device are maintained in an electrically coupled state in which the drive device connector is connected to the controller connector, at least part of the controller connector and the drive device connector, as viewed from a vertical direction, being disposed within an area from a first line segment which is perpendicular to a virtual line connecting a center of gravity of the controller and the fastening supporting member and which passes the center of gravity to a second line segment which is perpendicular to the virtual line and which passes the fastening supporting member,

wherein the drive device includes an electric rotating machine having a rotor and a stator opposite to the rotor, and

wherein the area overlaps the electric rotating machine as viewed from the vertical direction.

9. The integrated system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the controller includes a box-shaped controller casing and a first controller connector and a second controller connector that are provided in the box-shaped controller casing so as to constitute the controller connector;

wherein the drive device includes an electric rotating machine having a rotor and a stator disposed so as to be opposed to each other, a substantially cylindrically-shaped electric rotating machine casing that has the electric rotating machine housed in the substantially cylindrically-shaped electric rotating machine casing, and a first drive device connector and a second drive device connector that are provided on a circumferential surface of the substantially cylindrically-shaped electric rotating machine casing so as to constitute the drive device connector;

wherein the first controller connector, the second controller connector, the first drive device connector, and the second drive device connector, as viewed from the vertical direction, are disposed such that an axis of rotation of the rotor is between the first controller connector and the second controller connector and between the first drive device connector and the second drive device connector; and

wherein the first controller connector, the second controller connector, the first drive device connector, and the second drive device connector, as viewed from the axis of rotation, are disposed along a tangent line passing through an upper end of the electric rotating machine.

10. The integrated system according to claim 9 ,

wherein the electric rotating machine comprises a generator and an electric motor which are housed in the substantially cylindrically-shaped electric rotating machine casing so as to be arranged on the axis of rotation of the rotor; and

wherein the first drive device connector and the second drive device connector are disposed between a center of the generator and a center of the electric motor in a direction of the axis of rotation of the rotor.

11. The integrated system according to claim 8 ,

wherein the controller connector and the drive device connector each have three connecting conductors that correspond to U, V, and W phases; and

wherein a clearance between first connecting terminals on an opposite side of second connecting terminals of the controller connector in the three connecting conductors of the drive device connector is smaller than a clearance between the second connecting terminals on an opposite side of the first connecting terminals of the drive device connector in the three connecting conductors of the controller connector.

12. The integrated system according to claim 8 ,

wherein at least two guiding portions are provided to guide the controller in a case where the controller is mounted on the drive device; and

wherein the at least two guiding portions are opposed to each other such that the center of gravity of the controller is between the at least two guiding portions.

13. The integrated system according to claim 8 , wherein the top surface of the drive device is substantially orthogonal to the vertical direction.

14. The integrated system according to claim 8 , wherein the area extends in parallel to the top surface of the drive device.

15. The integrated system according to claim 8 , wherein the fastening supporting member is inserted through a through-hole provided in the controller and fastened to a fastening hole provided in the drive device.

16. An integrated system comprising: a controller having a controller connector;

a drive device having a top surface on which the controller is disposed, the drive device having a drive device connector which is connected to the controller connector so that the drive device is electrically coupled to the controller, the controller connector and the drive device connector being disposed between the controller and the drive device; and

a fastening supporting member via which the controller and the drive device are maintained in an electrically coupled state in which the drive device connector is connected to the controller connector, at least part of the controller connector and the drive device connector, as viewed from a vertical direction, being disposed within an area from a first line segment which is perpendicular to a virtual line connecting a center of gravity of the controller and the fastening supporting member and which passes the center of gravity to a second line segment which is perpendicular to the virtual line and which passes the fastening supporting member,

wherein the fastening supporting member is inserted through a through-hole provided in the controller and fastened to a fastening hole provided in the drive device,

wherein the drive device includes an electric rotating machine having a rotor and a stator opposite to the rotor, and

wherein the area overlaps the electric rotating machine as viewed from the vertical direction.