IP Library Granted Patent US 12,317,463
Granted Patent B2
US 12,317,463 · App. 17/773,656 · Granted May 27, 2025

Inverter mounting structure

Inventor: Dong Sik Kim (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H05K9/0064H05K7/1401
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Patent No.
US 12,317,463
App. No.
17/773,656
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an inverter mounting structure having improved ease of assembly and durability, and capable of simplifying the structure of an inverter. According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is an inverter mounting structure comprising: a bracket fixed to an enclosure or a wall surface and forming an inverter accommodation space in which the inverter is accommodated and coupled; and an option case coupled to the outside of the bracket.

Claims (24)

1. An inverter mounting structure, comprising:

a bracket fixed to an enclosure or a wall surface and forming an inverter accommodation space in which an inverter is accommodated and coupled;

a case coupled to an outside of the bracket; and

wherein the bracket comprises:

a first surface formed to face the enclosure or the wall surface, and to which an inverter is coupled; and

a second surface extending from the first surface in a first direction perpendicular to the enclosure or wall surface to form a side surface of the inverter accommodation space; and

a third surface extending from the first surface in the direction perpendicular to the enclosure or wall surface to form an additional side surface of the inverter accommodation space,

wherein the second surface extends in parallel to the third surface to face each other on opposite sides of the first surface;

wherein one end of each of the second surface and the third surface is bent in a second direction facing each other to each form a flange part, and the case is mounted by being coupled to the flange part of the second surface and the flange part of the third surface.

2. The inverter mounting structure of claim 1 , further comprising a fixing part extending from the first surface toward the enclosure or wall surface, and having a fixing hole through which a fixing means fixed to the enclosure or the wall surface passes.

3. The inverter mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein the case is provided with a grounding part to which a ground wire mounted on an earth terminal of the inverter is electrically coupled.

4. The inverter mounting structure of claim 3 , wherein the bracket and the case are formed of a conductive material for grounding the inverter.

5. The inverter mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein the second surface is formed to expose a portion of the side surface of the inverter, and at least one vent hole is formed therein.

6. The inverter mounting structure of claim 1 , wherein at least one through hole through which a cable electrically connected to the inverter is coupled is formed in the case.

7. An inverter mounting structure, comprising:

a bracket forming an inverter accommodation space in which an inverter is accommodated and coupled; and

a case coupled to an outside of the bracket;

wherein the bracket comprises:

one first surface to which the inverter is coupled; and

two second surfaces extending in parallel to each other from opposing sides of the first surface in a first direction perpendicular to the first surface to respectively form a first side surface and a second side surface of the inverter accommodation space; and

wherein a first end of each of the two second surfaces is bent inwardly relative to each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to respectively form a first flange part and a second flange part, wherein the case is mounted by being coupled to the first flange part and the second flange part.

8. The inverter mounting structure of claim 7 , wherein the bracket further comprises:

two fixing parts extending in parallel to each other from opposing sides of the first surface, different from the opposing side of the first surface from which the two second surfaces extend, the two fixing parts extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first surface and opposite to the first direction to respectively form a first fixing hole and a second fixing hole by which fixing means fix the bracket to a mounting surface.

9. The inverter mounting structure of claim 7 , wherein the case is not fixed to the inverter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: KIM, DONG SIK
To: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061099/0511 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 20-2019-0004430 · Nov 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220416680A1 · Dec 29, 2022
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