Controller and motor assembly comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11444510-B2
Application number	US-201816647755-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2018
Priority date	Sep 29, 2017
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

One embodiment relates to a controller and a motor assembly comprising same, the controller comprising: a controller housing; a controller cover disposed at an opening of the controller housing; a DM filter unit disposed over the controller cover; a CM filter unit disposed over the DM filter unit; a power module unit disposed under the controller cover; a substrate disposed under the power module unit; and a first connector and a second connector which penetrate the controller cover and have one side thereof disposed at the substrate. Accordingly, a heat generation problem can be resolved while miniaturization and weight lightening are realized, and some parts of the controller can be shared.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A controller comprising:
a controller housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion having an opening;
a controller cover disposed on the opening of the controller housing;
a differential-mode (DM) filter unit disposed above the controller cover and toward the upper portion of the controller housing;
a common-mode (CM) filter unit disposed above the DM filter unit and toward the upper portion of the controller housing;
a power module unit disposed below the controller cover and away from the lower portion of the controller housing;
a substrate disposed below the power module unit and away from the lower portion of the controller housing; and
a first connector and a second connector each having one side disposed on the substrate through the controller cover,
wherein the controller housing is disposed above the substrate such that the controller cover is arranged between the substrate and the controller housing.

2. The controller of claim 1 , wherein the controller housing includes a controller housing body having a first boss formed to protrude upward from the controller housing body and a first terminal having one side disposed inside the first boss and an opposite side disposed to protrude from an inner surface of a lower side of the controller housing body,
wherein the CM filter unit includes a CM filter unit body, a second terminal, a (2-1)th terminal, and a (2-2)th terminal disposed on the CM filter unit body, a CM filter disposed between the second terminal and the (2-1)th terminal, and a first capacitor disposed between the second terminal and the (2-2)th terminal, and
wherein one side of the second terminal is in contact with the first terminal.

3. The controller of claim 2 , wherein the controller housing further includes a first protrusion protruding from the inner surface of the lower side of the controller housing body, and
wherein a first hole formed in the second terminal is coupled to the first protrusion.

4. The controller of claim 2 , wherein the controller housing body further includes a second boss and a third boss that are formed to protrude upward from the controller housing body,
wherein an opposite side of the first connector is disposed inside the second boss, and
wherein an opposite side of the second connector is disposed inside the third boss.

5. The controller of claim 2 , wherein the DM filter unit includes:
a DM filter unit body having a plurality of second protruding parts formed to protrude downward;
a third terminal, a (3-1)th terminal, a (3-2)th terminal, a (3-3)th terminal, and a (3-4)th terminal disposed on the DM filter unit body;
a DM filter disposed between the (3-1)th terminal and the (3-2)th terminal; and
a second capacitor disposed between the (3-2)th terminal and the (3-3)th terminal, and
wherein an end portion of one side of each of the third terminal, the (3-1)th terminal, the (3-2)th terminal, and the (3-3)th terminal is disposed to protrude from an end portion of each of the plurality of second protruding parts.

6. The controller of claim 5 , wherein an end portion of one side of the (2-1)th terminal is coupled to a third hole formed in the third terminal.

7. The controller of claim 6 , wherein one side of each of the third terminal, the (3-1)th terminal, and a (3-3-1)th frame of the (3-3)th terminal is connected to the substrate.

8. The controller of claim 7 , wherein a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is disposed on the substrate, and
wherein power applied through the third terminal moves to the (3-1)th terminal and the (3-3-1)th frame through the MOSFET.

9. The controller of claim 8 , wherein the power module unit includes:
a bracket; and
a power module disposed between the bracket and the controller cover, and
wherein one surface of the power module is pressed against the controller cover, which is made of a metal material, by the bracket.

10. The controller of claim 9 , wherein the bracket includes:
a bracket body having a cavity in which the power module is disposed and three fourth bosses protruding downward formed therein; and
three fourth terminals each having one side disposed to be exposed inside each of the three fourth bosses and an opposite side disposed on the bracket body to protrude downward.

11. The controller of claim 10 , wherein a sixth hole is formed at one side of each of the three fourth terminals.

12. The controller of claim 10 , wherein the power module includes:
a power module body;
a plurality of first pins disposed to protrude downward from one side of the power module body; and
five terminal pins disposed to protrude downward from an opposite side of the power module body,
wherein each of three first terminal pins of the five terminal pins is in contact with an opposite side of each of the three fourth terminals,
wherein one of two second terminal pins of the five terminal pins is in contact with one side of the (3-2)th terminal of the DM filter unit, and another second terminal pin of the five terminal pins is in contact with one side of the (3-3)th terminal of the DM filter unit, and
wherein an end portion of each of the plurality of first pins is coupled to the substrate.

13. The controller of claim 1 , wherein power is supplied to the substrate after noise is removed by the CM filter unit and the DM filter unit, and
wherein the power is supplied to the DM filter unit after reverse connection is prevented at the substrate.

14. The controller of claim 1 , wherein a first protruding part of the controller housing is coupled to a first groove formed in an upper surface of the controller cover.

15. The controller of claim 14 , wherein a sealing member is further disposed in the first groove.

16. The controller of claim 1 , wherein a controller housing body of the controller housing is made of a synthetic resin material, and
wherein the controller cover is made of a metal material.

17. A motor assembly comprising:
a controller; and
a motor,
wherein the controller includes:
a controller housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion having an opening;

a controller cover disposed on the opening of the controller housing;
a differential-mode (DM) filter unit disposed above the controller cover and toward the upper portion of the controller housing;
a common-mode (CM) filter unit disposed above the DM filter unit and toward the upper portion of the controller housing;
a power module unit disposed below the controller cover and away from the lower portion of the controller housing;
a substrate disposed below the power module unit and away from the lower portion of the controller housing; and
a first connector and a second connector each having one side disposed on the substrate through the controller cover, and

wherein the controller housing is disposed above the substrate such that the controller cover is arranged between the substrate and the controller housing.

18. The motor assembly of claim 17 , wherein the motor includes:
a rotation shaft;
a rotor disposed outside the rotation shaft;
a stator disposed outside the rotor;
a bus bar disposed above the stator toward the controller;
a motor housing accommodating the rotor, the stator, and the bus bar; and
a motor cover disposed on an opening of the motor housing, and
wherein the substrate is disposed above the motor toward the controller.

19. The motor assembly of claim 18 , wherein the bus bar includes:
a bus-bar body; and
a bu

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Chan Seok

Classifications

• H02K2211/03

  Machines characterised by circuit boards, e.g. pcb · CPC title

• H02K5/06

  Cast metal casings · CPC title

• H02K5/225 Primary

  Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132) · CPC title

• H02K11/02

  for suppression of electromagnetic interference · CPC title

• H02K11/33

  Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence) · CPC title