Electric compressor

US2016281698A1 · US · A1

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Publication numberUS-2016281698-A1
Application numberUS-201615077361-A
CountryUS
Kind codeA1
Filing dateMar 22, 2016
Priority dateMar 25, 2015
Publication dateSep 29, 2016
Grant date

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Abstract

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An electric compressor includes a compression mechanism, an electric motor, an inverter, a housing, and a cover attached to the housing to accommodate the inverter between the cover and the housing. The cover is constituted of a metal frame portion and a resin portion covering the frame portion to surround surfaces of the frame portion. The frame portion has a plate-like portion and a peripheral wall portion extending from an outer peripheral edge of the plate-like portion toward the housing. The peripheral wall portion has concaves and convexes including at least one of a concave portion recessed in a thickness direction of the plate-like portion and a convex portion protruding in the thickness direction of the plate-like portion, at an end portion which is far from the plate-like portion. The resin portion is engaged with the concaves and convexes.

First claim

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What is claimed is: 1 . An electric compressor, comprising: a compression mechanism for compressing a fluid; an electric motor for driving the compression mechanism; an inverter for driving the electric motor; a housing for accommodating the compression mechanism and the electric motor; and a cover attached to the housing to accommodate the inverter between the cover and the housing, wherein the cover is constituted of a metal frame portion and a resin portion covering the frame portion to surround surfaces of the frame portion, the frame portion has a plate-like portion and a peripheral wall portion extending from an outer peripheral edge of the plate-like portion toward the housing, the peripheral wall portion has concaves and convexes including at least one of a concave portion recessed in a thickness direction of the plate-like portion and a convex portion protruding in the thickness direction of the plate-like portion, at an end portion which is far from the plate-like portion, and the resin portion is engaged with the concaves and convexes. 2 . The electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the concaves and convexes are provided continuously. 3 . The electric compressor according to claim 2 , wherein the concaves and convexes are provided continuously along an entire perimeter of the peripheral wall portion. 4 . The electric compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the peripheral wall portion includes concave and convex portions provided continuously when viewed in the thickness direction of the plate-like portion. 5 . The electric compressor according to claim 4 , wherein the concave and convex portions are provided continuously along an entire perimeter of the peripheral wall portion.

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Classifications

  • Casings; Cylinders; Cylinder liners or heads; Fluid connections · CPC title

  • F04B35/04Primary

    the means being electric · CPC title

  • Casings · CPC title

  • Electronic circuits (e.g. inverters) installed inside the machine · CPC title

  • dissimilar · CPC title

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What does patent US2016281698A1 cover?
An electric compressor includes a compression mechanism, an electric motor, an inverter, a housing, and a cover attached to the housing to accommodate the inverter between the cover and the housing. The cover is constituted of a metal frame portion and a resin portion covering the frame portion to surround surfaces of the frame portion. The frame portion has a plate-like portion and a per…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Toyota Jidoshokki Kk
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F04B35/04. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Thu Sep 29 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).