Power conversion device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10608548-B2
Application number	US-201716080932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2017
Priority date	Feb 29, 2016
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

A power conversion device that can prevent decrease in sealing properties between a case and a fixed member. The power conversion device has a case, a fixed member, and a seal member. The case has a metallic case body. The fixed member is fixed to the case from the outside of the case. The seal member adheres closely to both the case and the fixed member to ensure water-tightness between the case and the fixed member. The case is partly formed with a corrosion-resistant portion that is less likely to suffer corrosion than the case body. The fixed member is attached to the corrosion-resistant portion via the seal member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power conversion device comprising:
a case that has a metallic case body;
a fixed member that is fixed to the case from the outside of the case; and
a seal member that adheres closely to both the case and the fixed member to ensure water-tightness between the case and the fixed member, wherein,
the case is partly formed with a corrosion-resistant portion that is less likely to suffer corrosion than the case body,
the fixed member is attached to the corrosion-resistant portion via the seal member,
the corrosion-resistant portion has an annular cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction,
the case body has a body through-hole that penetrates inside and outside of the case,
the body through-hole has a step portion that is smaller in inner diameter on the rear side than the front side,
the corrosion-resistant portion is fitted into a front side of the step portion in the body through-hole, and
the fixed member is a pipe with an internal flow path.

2. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the corrosion-resistant portion has a plate-like portion and an extension portion that is extended from part of the plate-like portion, and
at least a back surface of the plate-like portion and an outer peripheral surface of the extension portion are in contact with the case body.

3. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the corrosion-resistant portion is press-fitted into a press-fit hole portion formed in the case body.

4. The power conversion device according to claim 3 , wherein
the case body has an inclined portion that is inclined with a diameter increasing forward from the front end of the press-fit hole portion.

5. The power conversion device according to claim 4 , wherein
the corrosion-resistant portion has a plate-like portion and an extension portion that is extended from part of the plate-like portion,
at least a back surface of the plate-like portion and the outer peripheral surface of the extension portion are in contact with the case body, and
the inclined portion is formed to separate a predetermined distance from the back surface of the plate-like portion.

6. The power conversion device according to claim 3 , wherein
a surface of the corrosion-resistant portion in contact with the press-fit hole portion has a circular cross section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction.

7. The power conversion device according to claim 3 , wherein
a region of the corrosion-resistant portion press-fitted into the press-fit hole portion has a front surface or a back surface recessed.

8. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner diameter of the body through-hole on the rear side of the step portion is equal to the inner diameter of the corrosion-resistant portion.

9. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the corrosion-resistant portion is formed from a metal or an alloy.

10. The power conversion device according to claim 9 , wherein
the corrosion-resistant portion is formed from stainless steel.

11. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , mounted in a vehicle.

12. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the corrosion-resistant portion is press-fitted or bonded to the case body,
the surface of the corrosion-resistant portion has a joint surface pressure-welded or bonded to the case body and an outside opposed surface that is formed on a joint surface outside that is more separated from the joint surface of the corrosion-resistant portion in a creepage direction toward the outside of the case than the joint surface and is opposed to the case body without being pressure-welded or bonded to the case body, and
a part of the outside opposed surface is opposed to the case body via a deformation avoidance clearance that suppresses deformation of the corrosion-resistant portion due to the force exerted by foreign matter accumulated between the outside opposed surface and the case body.

13. The power conversion device according to claim 12 , wherein
the outside opposed surface and a body opposed surface that is part of the case body and opposed to the outside opposed surface are relatively inclined such that the deformation avoidance clearance becomes wider with increasing proximity to the joint surface outside.

14. The power conversion device according to claim 12 , wherein
the deformation avoidance clearance is formed from a groove on at least one of the outside opposed surface and the body opposed surface that is part of the case body and opposed to the outside opposed surface.

15. The power conversion device according to claim 1 , wherein
the corrosion-resistant portion is press-fitted or bonded to the case body,
the surface of the corrosion-resistant portion has the joint surface that is pressure-welded or bonded to the case body and an opposed surface that is opposed to the case body without being pressure-welded or bonded to the case body,
the joint surface is formed on an opposed surface exterior that is more separated from the opposed surface of the corrosion-resistant portion in a creepage direction toward the outside of the case than the opposed surface.

16. A power conversion device comprising:
a case that has a metallic case body;
a fixed member that is fixed to the case from the outside of the case; and
a seal member that adheres closely to both the case and the fixed member to ensure water-tightness between the case and the fixed member, wherein,
the case is partly formed with a corrosion-resistant portion that is less likely to suffer corrosion than the case body,
the fixed member is attached to the corrosion-resistant portion via the seal member,
the corrosion-resistant portion is press-fitted or bonded to the case body,
the surface of the corrosion-resistant portion has a joint surface pressure-welded or bonded to the case body and an outside opposed surface that is formed on a joint surface outside that is more separated from the joint surface of the corrosion-resistant portion in a creepage direction toward the outside of the case than the joint surface and is opposed to the case body without being pressure-welded or bonded to the case body, and
a part of the outside opposed surface is opposed to the case body via a deformation avoidance clearance that suppresses deformation of the corrosion-resistant portion due to the force exerted by foreign matter accumulated between the outside opposed surface and the case body.

17. The power conversion device according to claim 16 , wherein
the outside opposed surface and a body opposed surface that is part of the case body and opposed to the outside opposed surface are relatively inclined such that the deformation avoidance clearance becomes wider with increasing proximity to the joint surface outside.

18. The power conversion device according to claim 16 , wherein
the deformation avoidance clearance is formed from a groove on at least one of the outside opposed surface and the body opposed surface that is part of the case body and opposed to the outside opposed surface.

19. A power conversion device comprising:
a case that has a metallic case body;
a fixed member that is fixed to the case from the outside of the case; and
a seal member that adheres closely to both the case and the fixed member to ensure water-tightness between the case and the fixed member, wherein,
the case is partly formed with a corrosion-resistant portion that is less likely to suffer corrosion than the case

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Harada Daisuke
• NAMBU Koichi
• Tanaka Norihiro

Classifications

• H02M7/48

  using discharge tubes with control electrode or semiconductor devices with control electrode · CPC title

• B60L2210/30

  AC to DC converters · CPC title

• B60L50/51

  characterised by AC-motors · CPC title

• B60L2210/10

  DC to DC converters · CPC title

• B60L2210/40

  DC to AC converters · CPC title