Inverter-integrated electric compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10122247-B2
Application number	US-201414770342-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2014
Priority date	Apr 26, 2013
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

In this inverter-integrated electric compressor, the circuit board of an inverter device is divided into: a main circuit board ( 23 ) having a shape and size that can be housed within an inverter housing section ( 8 ); and a sub-circuit board ( 26 ) that is electrically connected to the main circuit board ( 23 ). The main circuit board ( 23 ) is affixed and installed to boss sections ( 27 ) at at least the (four) corners, and is also affixed and supported by electrical components mounted to the circuit board ( 23 ). The sub-circuit board ( 26 ) has a flaring shape from the front end side to the back end side, and is affixed and installed to boss sections ( 31 ) at three front/back points in a space below the main circuit board ( 23 ) to the back of a bottom section inclined downwards toward the back from the front of the inverter housing section ( 8 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An inverter-integrated electric compressor in which an inverter device including an inverter circuit board is integrally incorporated into an inverter housing section provided in a housing,
the inverter circuit board being divided into a main circuit board having a shape and size that can be housed within the inverter housing section and a smaller sub-circuit board electrically connected to the main circuit board,
the main circuit board being affixed and installed to boss sections at a minimum of four corners, and being also affixed and supported underneath by a top area of electrical components mounted to the circuit board, the electrical components having a bottom area being adhered to a concave section of a side section along an axial direction of an outer peripheral wall of said housing, and
the sub-circuit board having a flaring shape from a front end side to a back end side, and being affixed and installed to boss sections at three points which are one point at the front end side and two points at the back end side in a space below the main circuit board to the back of a bottom section inclined downwards toward the back from the front of the inverter housing section.

2. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein a high voltage circuit and electrical components are mounted to the main circuit board and a low voltage circuit and electrical components are mounted to the sub-circuit board.

3. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein a filter circuit for noise removal including a high voltage coil and a capacitor, a switching circuit including a semiconductor switching element, and a control circuit thereof are mounted to the main circuit board and a low voltage communication circuit and constituent components thereof are mounted to the sub-circuit board.

4. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the main circuit board has a rectangular shape, is affixed and installed to boss sections at a minimum of four corners in an upper section in the inverter housing section, and is also affixed and supported by the coil and the capacitor configuring the filter circuit and a plurality of the semiconductor switching elements configuring the switching circuit mounted to both sides thereof, and the sub-circuit board is affixed and installed at the three points in a space below the main circuit board between the coil and capacitor and a plurality of the semiconductor switching elements, mounted to both sides thereof.

5. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-circuit board is arranged such that an inclined side inclined in a flared shape obliquely intersects with a ridge line section of the bottom section inclined downwards toward the back from the front of the inverter housing section.

6. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 3 , wherein, in the sub-circuit board, a connector of a communication cable connected to a circuit on the sub-circuit board is configured to be connected at a position at the shortest distance from the affixed portion of the communication cable passing through the inverter housing section.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Thermal Systems Ltd

Inventors

• Hattori Makoto
• Asai Masahiko

Classifications

• H02M7/003

  Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections · CPC title

• H02K11/30

  Structural association with control circuits or drive circuits · CPC title

• F04C2240/808

  Electronic circuits (e.g. inverters) installed inside the machine · CPC title

• F04B39/121

  Casings · CPC title

• H02K5/22

  Auxiliary parts of casings not covered by groups H02K5/06-H02K5/20, e.g. shaped to form connection boxes or terminal boxes · CPC title