Inverter-integrated electric compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9318935-B2
Application number	US-201113699905-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2011
Priority date	Oct 27, 2010
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A control circuit board ( 25 ) configuring an inverter ( 21 ) serves as a thermally-conductive substrate. One surface of the control circuit board ( 25 ) is installed in a heat transferable manner on a heat-dissipating planar part ( 31 ) disposed on a housing ( 2 ), while heat-producing electrical components ( 39 ) are disposed in a heat transferable manner on the other surface of the control circuit board ( 25 ). The control circuit board ( 25 ) includes a substrate body ( 41 ) constituted of an insulator, and heat-conducting through members ( 42 ) constituted of a good thermal conductor filled through in a thickness direction of the substrate body ( 41 ). One end of each of the heat-conducting through members ( 42 ) is disposed in a heat transferable manner on the heat-dissipating planar part ( 31 ), and the electrical component ( 39 ) is disposed in a heat transferable manner on the other end.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An inverter-integrated electric compressor, comprising
an inverter box provided on an outer surface of a housing that contains a compressor for a refrigerant and an electric motor that drives the compressor,
an inverter that has a control circuit board and is housed and installed in the inverter box, and
a heat-producing electrical component that is loaded on the control circuit board and constitutes the inverter,
a heat-dissipating planar part that constitutes an outer wall of the housing being formed inside the inverter box, and
heat of the electrical component being cooled by being dissipated to the heat-dissipating planar part side,
wherein the control circuit board serves as a thermally-conductive substrate,
the thermally-conductive substrate includes a substrate body made of an insulator, and a heat-conducting through member made of a good thermal conductor and filled through in a thickness direction of the substrate body,
the heat-conducting through member is located on the thermally-conductive substrate to conform to a loading position of the electrical component, and
in the heat-conducting through member, one end surface thereof is disposed in a heat transferable manner on the heat-dissipating planar part, and the electrical component is disposed in a heat transferable manner on the other end surface.

2. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the heat-conducting through member is set to be slightly larger than a thickness of the substrate body, and out of the end surfaces of the heat-conducting through member, at least the end surface which is in contact with the heat-dissipating planar part is slightly projected from a surface of the substrate body.

3. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electrical component is of a surface mount type which is directly mounted on a surface of the control circuit board.

4. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the control circuit board is a multilayered board.

5. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inverter box is provided on an end surface of the housing.

6. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electrical component that is mounted on the control circuit board is a switching element.

7. The inverter-integrated electric compressor according to claim 1 ,
wherein the electrical component that is mounted on the control circuit board is a noise suppressing member.

Assignees

• Nakagami Takashi
• Nakano Koji
• Kamitani Hiroyuki
• Takashige Takayuki
• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Nakagami Takashi
• Nakano Koji
• Kamitani Hiroyuki
• Takashige Takayuki

Classifications

• F04B53/08 Primary

  Cooling; Heating; Preventing freezing · CPC title

• H02K11/05

  Rectifiers associated with casings, enclosures or brackets · CPC title

• F04C29/047

  Cooling of electronic devices installed inside the pump housing, e.g. inverters · CPC title

• F04C18/0215

  where only one member is moving · CPC title

• H02K11/33

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