IP Library Granted Patent US 12,506,419
Granted Patent B2
US 12,506,419 · App. 18/564,819 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Power conversion device

Inventors: Takahiro Araki (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Tokuyama (Tokyo, JP); Akihiro Namba (Tokyo, JP); Shigehisa Aoyagi (Hitachinaka, JP); Noriyuki Maekawa (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
H02M7/003H02M1/0009H02M1/44
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Patent No.
US 12,506,419
App. No.
18/564,819
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power conversion device includes: an inverter circuit; an AC conductor; a magnetic sensor that t detects magnetism generated when an AC current flows; a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body that face each other with the AC conductor and the magnetic sensor interposed therebetween; and a first housing and a second housing that are formed by conductive members. The first housing covers one opening of a space located between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body, the second housing covers the other opening of the space. The end of each of the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body is formed so that the distance to the first housing or the second housing is smaller than the thickness of each of the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body in the arraying direction thereof.

Claims (28)

1 . A power conversion device comprising:

an inverter circuit that converts a DC current into an AC current;

an AC conductor that transmits the AC current;

a magnetic sensor that detects magnetism generated when the AC current flows through the AC conductor;

a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body that face each other with the AC conductor and the magnetic sensor interposed therebetween; and

a first housing and a second housing that are formed by conductive members,

the first housing covering one opening of a space located between the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body,

the second housing covering another opening of the space,

an end of each of the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body being formed so that a distance to the first housing or the second housing is smaller than a thickness of each of the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body in an arraying direction of the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body.

2 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first housing has a protrusion formed on a surface facing the second housing so as to protrude toward the second housing, and

the magnetic sensor, the first magnetic body, the second magnetic body, and the AC conductor are disposed between the protrusion and the second housing.

3 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first housing has a recess formed on a surface facing the second housing so as to be recessed in a direction away from the second housing, and

the magnetic sensor, the first magnetic body, the second magnetic body, and the AC conductor are disposed between the recess and the second housing.

4 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body have magnetic body protrusions that face each other,

extension lines of protrusion portions of the magnetic body protrusions are formed closer to the first housing and the second housing than an upper surface of the magnetic sensor and a lower surface of the AC conductor.

5 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 further comprising a magnetism detection substrate on which the magnetic sensor is disposed,

wherein the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body have magnetic body protrusions, and

the magnetic body protrusions fix the first magnetic body and the second magnetic body to the magnetism detection substrate.

6 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 further comprising a magnetism detection substrate on which the magnetic sensor is disposed,

wherein the AC conductor is constituted by wiring provided on the magnetism detection substrate, and

the magnetic sensor is disposed on a surface of the magnetism detection substrate on which the AC conductor is not disposed.

7 . The power conversion device according to claim 1 further comprising:

a velocity conversion unit that converts a rotor position signal output from an angle sensor connected to a rotor of a motor into an angular velocity; and

a magnetic flux detection sensitivity correction unit that corrects a magnetic flux detection value output from the magnetic sensor,

wherein the magnetic flux detection sensitivity correction unit corrects the magnetic flux detection value based on the magnetic flux detection value output from the magnetic sensor, an angular velocity output from the velocity conversion unit, and a relationship between an angular velocity and a magnetic flux detection sensitivity set in advance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2023
From: ARAKI, TAKAHIRO; TOKUYAMA, TAKESHI; NAMBA, AKIHIRO; AOYAGI, SHIGEHISA; MAEKAWA, NORIYUKI
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 065782/0469 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-116682 · Jul 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240275297A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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