Vacuum pump, and waterproof structure and control apparatus applied to vacuum pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11215187-B2
Application number	US-201716341495-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2017
Priority date	Oct 21, 2016
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A vacuum pump, and a waterproof structure and a control apparatus applied to the vacuum pump which improve efficiency of on-site maintenance work and prevent water from penetrating into a connector connecting portion when a cover is removed during circuit separation or the like. When performing maintenance work, after a chassis of a control apparatus is lowered by around several tens of millimeters, the chassis of the control apparatus is pulled out in a radial direction of a pump. Accordingly, a pump main body and the control apparatus can be readily attached and detached even when sufficient empty space is not available in an axial direction of the vacuum pump. A wall portion is circumferentially protrusively provided in side portions of the base portion and the control apparatus. Furthermore, a sealing member and a lid are inserted into a gap. Therefore, water droplets cannot easily penetrate into the gap.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vacuum pump in which a control apparatus is detachably arranged with respect to a base portion of a pump main body, the vacuum pump comprising:
a waterproof structure, wherein the waterproof structure comprises:
a connector portion which is arranged in a side portion of the base portion and which connects the base portion with the control apparatus via an electric cable;
a wall portion which is protruding from the base portion to the control apparatus; and
a wall portion cover which covers the wall portion, wherein the wall portion cover has a curved shape that has curvature that substantially matches respective curvatures of the base portion and the control apparatus, and wherein the waterproof structure is located on a lateral side of the base portion and the control apparatus.

2. The vacuum pump according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a gap formed between the base portion and the control apparatus, wherein
a gap cover portion which covers an outer periphery of the gap is arranged inside the wall portion cover.

3. The vacuum pump according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a gap formed between the base portion and the control apparatus, wherein
an outer periphery of the gap is covered by protrusively providing an outer peripheral surface of the control apparatus on a side of the base portion of the pump main body.

4. The vacuum pump according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a gap formed between the base portion and the control apparatus; and
a bent part formed by bending an end of an upper surface of the control apparatus toward a side of the base portion of the pump main body, wherein
an outer periphery of the gap is covered by the bent part.

5. The vacuum pump according to claim 2 , wherein a sealing member for preventing infiltration of water into the gap is arranged with respect to the gap.

6. The vacuum pump according to claim 1 , wherein a groove or a hole for draining water is formed in the wall portion or on the upper surface of the control apparatus.

7. The vacuum pump according to claim 3 , wherein a sealing member for preventing infiltration of water into the gap is arranged with respect to the gap.

8. The vacuum pump according to claim 4 , wherein a sealing member for preventing infiltration of water into the gap is arranged with respect to the gap.

9. The vacuum pump according to claim 2 , wherein a groove or a hole for draining water is formed in the wall portion or on the upper surface of the control apparatus.

10. The vacuum pump according to claim 3 , wherein a groove or a hole for draining water is formed in the wall portion or on the upper surface of the control apparatus.

11. The vacuum pump according to claim 4 , wherein a groove or a hole for draining water is formed in the wall portion or on the upper surface of the control apparatus.

12. A waterproof structure comprising:
a connector portion which is arranged in a side portion of a base portion of a pump main body of a vacuum pump and which connects the base portion with a control apparatus of the vacuum pump via an electric cable;
a wall portion which is protruding from the base portion to the control apparatus; and
a wall portion cover which covers the wall portion, wherein the wall portion cover has a curved shape that has curvature that substantially matches respective curvatures of the base portion and the control apparatus, and wherein the waterproof structure is located on a lateral side of the base portion and the control apparatus.

13. A control apparatus, wherein the control apparatus is applied to a vacuum pump comprising a pump main body comprising a base portion; and a waterproof structure, wherein the waterproof structure comprises: a connector portion which is arranged in a side portion of the base portion and which connects the base portion with the control apparatus via an electric cable; a wall portion which is protruding from the base portion to the control apparatus; and a wall portion cover which covers the wall portion, wherein the wall portion cover has a curved shape that has curvature that substantially matches respective curvatures of the base portion and the control apparatus;
wherein the waterproof structure is located on a lateral side of the base portion and the control apparatus, and wherein the control apparatus is attachable and detachable with respect to the pump main body by moving in a radial direction.

Assignees

• Edwards Japan Ltd

Inventors

• SAEGUSA Kengo
• Sun Yanbin

Classifications

• H01R13/52

  Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof cases · CPC title

• F04D25/0693

  Details or arrangements of the wiring · CPC title

• F04D29/083

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title

• F04B37/16

  Means for nullifying unswept space · CPC title

• F05D2240/55

  Seals · CPC title