Insulated housing having a cylindrical structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10986745-B2
Application number	US-201916564146-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2019
Priority date	Sep 18, 2018
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

An insulated housing, in a cylindrical structure, includes an inner metal layer, an insulating layer and an outer metal coating. The insulating layer is positioned between the inner metal layer and the outer metal coating. In any end of the cylindrical structure, both a distance from the end of the inner metal layer to the end of the cylindrical structure and a distance from the end of the outer metal coating to the end of the cylindrical structure are not equal to zero, and the distance from the end of the inner metal layer to the end of the cylindrical structure is larger than the distance from an end of the outer metal coating to the end of the cylindrical structure. The inner metal layer is composed of one first metal cylinder and two second metal cylinders respectively disposed on the both ends of the first metal cylinder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An insulated housing having a cylindrical structure, comprising: an inner metal layer, an insulating layer and an outer metal coating, the insulating layer being positioned between the inner metal layer and the outer metal coating, wherein
in any end of the cylindrical structure, a distance from an end of the inner metal layer to the end of the cylindrical structure and a distance from an end of the outer metal coating to the cylindrical structure are not equal to zero; and the distance from the end of the inner metal layer to the end of the cylindrical structure is larger than the distance from the end of the outer metal coating to the end of the cylindrical structure; and
the inner metal layer is composed of one first metal cylinder and two second metal cylinders respectively disposed on the two ends of the first metal cylinder; the first metal cylinder and the second metal cylinders are in equipotential connection; an inner dimension of any one of the second metal cylinders is larger than or equal to an inner dimension of the first metal cylinder; and at least one part of any one of the second metal cylinders is immersed in the insulating layer.

2. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein in any end of the cylindrical structure, the insulating layer has an umbrella-skirt structure on its end, and the umbrella-skirt structure is not covered by the outer metal coating.

3. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein the first or second metal cylinder is of a porous structure.

4. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 3 , wherein the first or second metal cylinder is made of a wire mesh or made of a porous plate.

5. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein the first or second metal cylinder is comprised of a plurality of metal rings spaced apart and seguentially arranged along an axial direction of the cylindrical structure.

6. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein any one of the second metal cylinders comprises a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is covered to the outer surface of the corresponding one of the two ends of the first metal cylinder.

7. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 6 , wherein the inner dimension of the second end is larger than or equal to the inner dimension of the first end.

8. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 7 , wherein the inner dimension of the second end is larger than the inner dimension of the first end, and there is a right angle transition between the second end and the first end.

9. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 7 , wherein the inner dimension of the second end is larger than the inner dimension of the first end, and there is a chamfer transition between the second end and the first end, to form a first transition surface.

10. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 6 , wherein the first ends of the two second metal cylinders are connected with each other, and are integrally formed.

11. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein one of the ends of the second metal cylinders adjacent the end of the cylindrical structure has an outwardly curled edge.

12. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical structure is a rectangular cylinder.

13. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical structure has a length of 800-1200 mm, and the insulating layer has a thickness of 8-22 mm, and in any end of the cylindrical structure, the distance from the end of the inner metal layer to the end of the outer metal coating is 10-60 mm.

14. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein the outer metal coating is a zinc spraying layer.

15. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein the inner metal layer is made of stainless steel, copper or aluminum.

16. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the middle portion of the insulating layer is less than the thickness of the both ends of the insulating layer.

17. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 9 , wherein in a portion of the insulating layer covered by the outer metal coating: the thickness of the middle portion is less than the thickness of both ends: and there is a second transition surface between the middle portion and the two ends: respectively; and the second transition surface is parallel to the first transition surface.

18. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 1 , wherein a groove surrounding the cylindrical structure is provided on the surface of any end of the insulating layer covered by the outer metal coating.

19. The insulated housing having a cylindrical structure of claim 18 , wherein an intersection line between the surface of the groove and any plane passing through the central axis of the cylindrical structure is an arc.

20. A power system comprising an insulated housing as defined in claim 1 and a power module received in the insulated housing.

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Zhou Wei
• Xie Yicong
• Zhang Weiqiang

Classifications

• H05K5/04 Primary

  Metal casings · CPC title

• H05K7/14325 Primary

  for cabinets or racks · CPC title

• H05K5/0247

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• H05K9/0049

  being metallic containers · CPC title

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title