Electric compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10626869-B2
Application number	US-201615542838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 27, 2016
Priority date	Jan 29, 2015
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

An electric compressor includes a compression portion that compresses and discharges a drawn fluid, and a motor of the compression portion. The electric compressor includes an actuator that includes multiple electronic components and drives the motor, a first casing that accommodates the actuator, and a second casing that accommodates the compression portion and the motor. The second casing includes a discharge passage in which a high-temperature fluid compressed by the compression portion flows. A limiting structure that limits the heat transfer from the fluid flowing in the discharge passage is provided between one of the electronic components and the discharge passage. The limiting structure includes a seat portion that defines a gap between a bottom surface of the one of the plurality of electronic components and the discharge passage. According to the electric compressor, the heat transfer from the fluid to the electronic components can be limited.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric compressor comprising:
a compression portion that compresses and discharges a drawn fluid;
a motor that is a power source of the compressor;
an actuator that includes a plurality of electronic components and drives the motor;
a first casing that accommodates the actuator; and
a second casing that accommodates the compression portion and the motor, wherein
the second casing includes a discharge passage in which the high-temperature fluid compressed by the compression portion flows, and
a limiting structure that limits a heat transfer from the fluid flowing in the discharge passage is provided between at least one of the plurality of electronic components and the discharge passage, and
the limiting structure includes a seat portion that defines a gap between a bottom surface of the at least one of the plurality of electronic components and the discharge passage, the seat portion being provided in the first casing separately from the first casing.

2. The electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein
the second casing includes an intake passage in which the low-temperature fluid drawn by the compression portion flows,
the plurality of electronic components include a high-temperature component that generates heat to be high temperature, and a low-temperature component that generates heat lower in temperature than heat generated by the high-temperature component,
a heat dissipation structure in which the heat from the fluid flowing in the intake passage is easy to be transferred is provided between the high-temperature component and the intake passage, and
the limiting structure is provided between the low-temperature component and the discharge passage.

3. The electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the limiting structure includes a limiting portion that is integrated with the at least one of the plurality of electronic components and limits the heat transfer on a surface of the at least one of the plurality of electronic components facing the discharge passage.

4. The electric compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the limiting portion is a gap forming portion that defines a hollow space.

5. The electric compressor according to claim 3 , wherein the limiting portion is an outer layer of the at least one of the plurality of electronic components, the outer layer including a material having a low thermal conductance.

6. The electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein
the limiting structure includes a recess portion that is provided between the at least one of the plurality of electronic components and the discharge passage, the recess portion being provided in at least one of the first casing and the second casing, and the recess portion being recessed inward.

7. The electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein
the second casing includes an intake passage in which a low-temperature fluid drawn by the compression portion flows,
an enhancing structure in which heat from the fluid flowing in the intake passage is easy to be transferred is integrated with the first casing, and
the enhancing structure surrounds the at least one of the plurality of electronic components.

8. The electric compressor according to claim 7 , wherein the enhancing structure surrounds the at least one of the plurality of electronic components and contacts at least a part of a surface of the at least one of the plurality of electronic components.

9. The electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of electronic components includes a high-temperature component that generates heat to be high temperature, and a low-temperature component that generates heat lower in temperature than the heat generated by the high-temperature component, and
a protrusion is provided around a part of the first casing in which the high-temperature component is provided.

10. The electric compressor according to claim 9 , wherein
a plurality of the protrusions are provided at intervals, and
a fiber member is provided between the plurality of protrusions.

11. An electric compressor comprising:
a compression portion that compresses and discharges a drawn fluid;
a motor that is a power source of the compressor;
an actuator that includes a plurality of electronic components and drives the motor;
a first casing that accommodates the actuator; and
a second casing that accommodates the compression portion and the motor, wherein
the second casing includes a discharge passage in which the high-temperature fluid compressed by the compression portion flows,
a limiting structure that limits a heat transfer from the fluid flowing in the discharge passage is provided between at least one of the plurality of electronic components and the discharge passage,
the plurality of electronic components include a high-temperature component that generates, heat to be high temperature, and a low-temperature component that generates heat lower in temperature than heat generated by the high-temperature component,
a plurality of protrusions are provided at intervals around a part of the first casing in which the high-temperature component is provided, and
a fiber member is provided between the plurality of protrusions.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Nakamoto Shinji
• Sakai Koji
• Kamiya Yuji

Classifications

• F04B39/06

  Cooling; Heating; Prevention of freezing · CPC title

• F04B39/00

  Component parts, details, or accessories, of pumps or pumping systems specially adapted for elastic fluids, not otherwise provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B25/00 - F04B37/00 · CPC title

• F04C29/0085

  Prime movers · CPC title

• F04B35/04

  the means being electric · CPC title

• F04C2240/603

  with internal channels for fluid distribution, e.g. hollow shaft · CPC title