In-vehicle apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10144435-B2
Application number	US-201715686684-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2017
Priority date	Aug 26, 2016
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

An in-vehicle apparatus is provided which is installed in a vehicle including a power supply. The apparatus includes at least one drive circuit that is driven by DC voltage supplied from the power supply, and a positive electrode side line that electrically connects a positive electrode terminal of the power supply and a high-electric potential side electrical path of the drive circuit. A negative electrode terminal of the power supply and a low-electric potential side electrical path of the drive circuit are electrically connected to a body ground of the vehicle. The apparatus includes an auxiliary line that has a first end electrically connected to the positive electrode terminal or the negative electrode terminal and a second end connected to the high-electric potential side electrical path or the body ground, and that is arranged along the positive electrode side line or the body ground.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An in-vehicle apparatus installed in a vehicle including a power supply, the apparatus comprising:
at least one drive circuit that is driven by DC voltage supplied from the power supply, and
a positive electrode side line that electrically connects a positive electrode terminal of the power supply and a high-electric potential side electrical path of the drive circuit, wherein
a negative electrode terminal of the power supply and a low-electric potential side electrical path of the drive circuit are electrically connected to a body ground of the vehicle, and
the apparatus includes an auxiliary line that has a first end electrically connected to the positive electrode terminal or the negative electrode terminal and a second end connected to the high-electric potential side electrical path or the body ground, and that is arranged along the positive electrode side line or the body ground.

2. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary line is arranged so as to be along the positive electrode side line.

3. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary line is configured so as to cover the positive electrode side line and so as to be along the positive electrode side line.

4. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a case that houses the drive circuit, and
a high-electric potential side terminal that is electrically connected to the high-electric potential side electrical path and projects from the case, wherein
the auxiliary line is integrated with the positive electrode side line as a shielding line covering the positive electrode side line, and
the positive electrode side line electrically connects the positive electrode terminal of the power supply and the high-electric potential side terminal.

5. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising a series connection of a plurality of filter capacitors that electrically connect the high-electric potential side electrical path and the low-electric potential side electrical path, wherein
the second end of the auxiliary line is electrically connected to a connection point between adjacent two of the plurality of filter capacitors, and
the apparatus comprises a DC component suppressing element that is provided to an electrical path extending from the first end of the auxiliary line to the connection point of the filter capacitors via the second end to suppress DC current flowing through the electrical path.

6. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the auxiliary line has:
a first shielding line that has a first end electrically connected to the negative electrode and an opened second end, and that is arranged so as to cover the positive electrode side line;
a second shielding line that has a first end electrically connected to the body ground and an opened second end, and that is arranged so as to cover the positive electrode side line; and
a dielectric that is interposed between the first shielding line and the second shielding line in the area where the first shielding line and the second shielding line overlap with each other.

7. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the auxiliary line has:
a plurality of first conductors that each has a first end connected to the negative electrode and an opened second end, and that each is arranged so as to be along a direction in which the positive electrode side line extends and to surround the positive electrode side line; and
a plurality of second conductors that has a first end electrically connected to the body ground and an opened second end, and that is arranged so as to be along a direction in which the positive electrode side line extends and to surround the positive electrode side line, and
the first conductors and the second conductors are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction of the positive electrode side line, and
the auxiliary line has insulation parts that are interposed between the positive electrode side line, the first conductors, and the second conductors, and electrically insulate the positive electrode side line, the first conductors, and the second conductors from each other.

8. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the auxiliary line is arranged so as to be along the positive electrode side line in a state where the auxiliary line is wound around the positive electrode side line.

9. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the auxiliary line is integrated with the positive electrode side line in a state where the auxiliary line is wound around the positive electrode side line.

10. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
an area of a loop path including the positive electrode side line and the auxiliary line is smaller than an area of a loop path including the positive electrode side line and the body ground.

11. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a DC component suppressing element that is provided to the auxiliary line and suppresses DC current flowing to the auxiliary line.

12. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein
the apparatus includes the plurality of drive circuits,
the positive electrode side line electrically connects the positive electrode terminal of the power supply and the high-electric potential side electrical paths of the plurality of drive circuits,
the auxiliary line has:
a common line electrically connected to the positive electrode terminal or the negative electrode terminal; and
branch lines that branch off from the common line and are electrically connected to the high-electric potential side electrical paths of the drive circuits or the body ground, and
the DC component suppressing element is disposed on the auxiliary line so that a distance between the power supply and the DC component suppressing element is shorter than a distance between the power supply and a branch point from which the branch lines branch off from the common line.

13. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein
the DC component suppressing element is a capacitor.

14. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the auxiliary line is arranged so as to be along the body ground.

15. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein
an area of a loop path including the body ground and the auxiliary line is smaller than an area of a loop including the positive electrode side line and the body ground.

16. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a case that houses the drive circuit, wherein
the power supply is a battery disposed so as to be apart from the case,
the positive electrode side line is arranged between the battery and the case, and
the auxiliary line is arranged outside the case and so as to be along the positive electrode side line or the body ground.

17. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the drive circuit has a switch and is a power converter in which the switch is subjected to switching operation.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Sogo Kenji
• Naoi Takashi
• Tanaka Makoto
• Shiomi Kazutoshi
• Akahori Ichiro

Classifications

• B60W50/00 Primary

  Details of control systems for road vehicle drive control not related to the control of a particular sub-unit {, e.g. process diagnostic or vehicle driver interfaces} · CPC title

• B60L15/007 Primary

  Physical arrangements or structures of drive train converters specially adapted for the propulsion motors of electric vehicles · CPC title

• Y02T10/64

  Electric machine technologies in electromobility · CPC title

• B60L2270/147

  electro magnetic [EMI] · CPC title

• H02M1/44

  Circuits or arrangements for compensating for electromagnetic interference in converters or inverters · CPC title