Refrigeration apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9377237-B2
Application number	US-201314395301-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2013
Priority date	Apr 20, 2012
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A facing surface of a refrigerant jacket includes a contact portion which contacts a device main body, a first recessed portion which faces a first lead section and secures an insulation distance to the first lead section due to being positioned further away from a power device than the contact portion, and a second recessed portion which faces the second lead section and secures an insulation distance to the second lead section due to being positioned further away from the power device than the contact portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A refrigeration apparatus having a refrigerant circuit, comprising:
a power device;
a printed wiring board on which the power device is mounted;
a refrigerant pipe through which a refrigerant of the refrigerant circuit flows; and
a refrigerant jacket which has a facing surface that is in contact with the power device and faces the printed wiring board, the refrigerant jacket cooling the power device by refrigerant flowing in a cooling portion, which is a portion of the refrigerant pipe, wherein
the power device includes:
a device main body having at least an upper surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces;
a first lead section which extends towards the printed wiring board from one of the two side surfaces of the device main body and which is connected to the printed wiring board; and
a second lead section which extends towards the printed wiring board from the other of the two side surfaces of the device main body and which is connected to the printed wiring board; and

the facing surface of the refrigerant jacket includes:
a contact portion which contacts the device main body, a centre of the contact portion being to the left or right of a centre of the power device in a direction parallel to a direction which the first lead section extends;
a first recessed portion which faces the first lead section and secures an insulation distance to the first lead section due to being positioned further away from the power device in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the first lead section extends than the contact portion, the first recessed portion having a length L 1 in a direction parallel with the direction the first lead section extends; and
a second recessed portion which faces the second lead section and secures an insulation distance to the second lead section due to being positioned further away from the power device in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the second lead section extends than the contact portion, the second recessed portion having a length L 2 in a direction parallel with the direction the second lead section extends which is larger than the length L 1 of the first recessed portion;
an end section on the contact portion side of the first recessed portion is an inclined surface that slopes away from the contact portion, in a direction away from the first lead section; and
an end section on the contact portion side of the second recessed portion is an inclined surface that slopes away from the contact portion, in a direction away from the second lead section.

2. The refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the refrigerant jacket has a shape that is long in one direction and is formed by extrusion molding; and
the contact portion, the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion each extend in the one direction.

3. A refrigeration apparatus having a refrigerant circuit, comprising:
a power device;
a printed wiring board on which the power device is mounted;
a refrigerant pipe through which a refrigerant of the refrigerant circuit flows; and
a refrigerant jacket which has a facing surface that is in contact with the power device and faces the printed wiring board, the refrigerant jacket cooling the power device by refrigerant flowing in a cooling portion, which is a portion of the refrigerant pipe, wherein
the power device includes:
a device main body having at least an upper surface, a bottom surface, and two side surfaces;
a first lead section which extends towards the printed wiring board from one of the two side surfaces of the device main body and which is connected to the printed wiring board; and
a second lead section which extends towards the printed wiring board from the other of the two side surfaces of the device main body and which is connected to the printed wiring board; and
the facing surface of the refrigerant jacket includes:
a contact portion which contacts the device main body, a centre of the contact portion being to the left or right of a centre of the power device in a direction parallel to a direction which the first lead section extends;
a first recessed portion which faces the first lead section and secures an insulation distance to the first lead section due to being positioned further away from the power device in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the first lead section extends than the contact portion, the first recessed portion having a length L 1 in a direction parallel with the direction the first lead section extends; and
a second recessed portion which faces the second lead section and secures an insulation distance to the second lead section due to being positioned further away from the power device in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the second lead section extends than the contact portion, the second recessed portion having a length L 2 in a direction parallel with the direction the second lead section extends which is larger than the length L 1 of the first recessed portion;
the device main body includes:
a signal part which is positioned on the first lead section side and is connected to the first lead section; and
a heavy electric part which is positioned on the second lead section side, is connected to the second lead section, and is more liable to generate heat than the signal part; and
a width of the second recessed portion is greater than a width of the first recessed portion.

4. The refrigeration apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second recessed portion is provided at a position nearer to a centre in a width direction of the refrigerant jacket, than the first recessed portion.

5. The refrigeration apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the device main body includes:
a signal part which is positioned on the first lead section side and is connected to the first lead section; and
a heavy electric part which is positioned on the second lead section side, is connected to the second lead section, and is more liable to generate heat than the signal part; and
a width of the second recessed portion is greater than a width of the first recessed portion.

Assignees

• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Oguri Akihiko
• Teraki Junichi
• Kita Masanobu
• Doumae Hiroshi
• Ikeda Motonobu
• Fujiwara masahide

Classifications

• H10W40/235

  attached to package parts · CPC title

• H10W40/22

  characterised by their shape, e.g. having conical or cylindrical projections · CPC title

• H10W40/611

  Bolts or screws · CPC title

• H10W40/47 Primary

  by flowing liquids, e.g. forced water cooling · CPC title

• H05K7/20927

  Liquid coolant without phase change · CPC title