Capacitor device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10734162-B2
Application number	US-201916511279-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2019
Priority date	Jul 13, 2018
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

To provide a capacitor device capable of preventing thermal interference between a filter capacitor and a plurality of smoothing capacitors. A capacitor device provided in an energization circuit between a power source and a semiconductor module as a power supply device includes a filter capacitor for removing a noise included in a current supplied from a power input terminal, a plurality of smoothing capacitors for smoothing a voltage, and a capacitor case that houses the filter capacitor and the plurality of smoothing capacitors, and a first gap between the filter capacitor and a smoothing capacitor provided at a position closest to the filter capacitor among the plurality of smoothing capacitors is configured to be larger than a second gap between two smoothing capacitors adjacent to each other among the plurality of smoothing capacitors.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A capacitor device provided in an energization circuit between a power source and a power supply device, the capacitor device comprising:
a filter capacitor for removing a noise included in a current input from a power input terminal;
a plurality of smoothing capacitors for smoothing a voltage; and
a capacitor case that houses the filter capacitor and the plurality of smoothing capacitors, wherein
a first gap between the filter capacitor and a smoothing capacitor provided at a position closest to the filter capacitor among the plurality of smoothing capacitors is configured to be larger than a second gap between two smoothing capacitors adjacent to each other among the plurality of smoothing capacitors.

2. The capacitor device according to claim 1 , wherein
three or more smoothing capacitors are arranged at a plurality of distances as the plurality of smoothing capacitors, and a minimum value among the plurality of distances is set to a value of the second gap.

3. The capacitor device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a discharge resistor substrate provided with a discharge resistor, wherein
the discharge resistor substrate is provided at a position outside of a side wall surrounding of a housing opening of the capacitor case.

4. The capacitor device according to claim 3 , wherein
the discharge resistor substrate is configured to extend along an opening surface of the housing opening on an outside of the side wall surrounding the housing opening of the capacitor case.

5. The capacitor device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a voltage detection terminal for detecting voltages of the filter capacitor and the plurality of smoothing capacitors, wherein
the voltage detection terminal is configured to protrude from the capacitor case.

6. The capacitor device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a power supply terminal for supplying an electric power input to the power input terminal to another electronic device, wherein
the filter capacitor is provided on an electrically upstream side than the plurality of smoothing capacitors with respect to a current flow from the power source, and
any of the power input terminal and the power supply terminal is provided at a position closer to the filter capacitor than the plurality of smoothing capacitors.

7. The capacitor device according to claim 1 , wherein
a fixing part for fixing the capacitor case is provided between the filter capacitor and the plurality of smoothing capacitors.

8. The capacitor device according to claim 1 , further comprising
bus bars for supplying an electric power to a semiconductor module as the power supply device.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Sano Tomohisa
• Hirose Kentaro
• Imai Yohei
• Araki Seido

Classifications

• H02M3/003

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

• H02M1/322

  Means for rapidly discharging a capacitor of the converter for protecting electrical components or for preventing electrical shock · CPC title

• H02M1/327

  against abnormal temperatures · CPC title

• H02M1/008

  Plural converter units for generating at two or more independent and non-parallel outputs, e.g. systems with plural point of load switching regulators · CPC title

• H02M1/007

  Plural converter units in cascade (push-pull DC/DC converters with pre-regulator H02M3/3374; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC stage including a high frequency transformer H02M7/4807; DC-AC converters following a DC-DC conversion stage generating periodically varying voltages H02M7/4826) · CPC title