Hollow cylindrical capacitor and inverter device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9412522-B2
Application number	US-201314377447-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2013
Priority date	Mar 22, 2012
Publication date	Aug 9, 2016
Grant date	Aug 9, 2016

Abstract

The hollow tubular capacitor includes one side electrode connecting portion having an inner peripheral tubular portion and one side surface portion, the other side electrode connecting portion having an outer peripheral tubular portion and the other side surface portion and an electrostatic capacitance portion having one side electrode plate, the other side electrode plate and a dielectric body, wherein the electrostatic capacitance portion is accommodated in an annular space formed at the inner peripheral tubular portion, the one side surface portion, the outer peripheral tubular portion and the other side surface portion in a high density to reduce inside inductance component. The inverter device is formed such that the hollow tubular capacitor and an annular inverter circuit portion having three-phase upper and lower arms are integrally arranged coaxially on the central axis line.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hollow tubular capacitor connected in parallel with an inverter circuit portion, including:
a one side electrode connecting portion having an inner peripheral tubular portion and a one side surface portion extending from a one end portion of the inner peripheral tubular portion toward an outer peripheral side;
an other side electrode connecting portion having an outer peripheral tubular portion arranged coaxially with the inner peripheral tubular portion on a central axis line and an other side surface portion extending from an other end portion of the outer peripheral tubular portion toward an inner peripheral side; and
an electrostatic capacitance portion having a one side electrode plate connected to the one side electrode connecting portion, an other side electrode plate arranged oppositely to the one side electrode plate and connected to the other side electrode connecting portion and a dielectric body disposed between the one side electrode plate and the other side electrode plate, wherein
the electrostatic capacitance portion is accommodated in a high density in an annular space formed by the inner peripheral tubular portion, the one side surface portion, the outer peripheral tubular portion and the other side surface portion;
wherein the hollow tubular capacitor includes a plurality of hollow tubular capacitors arranged in front and rear direction relative to the central axis line direction neighboring one another and the one end portion of the one side surface portion side of a rear side of the inner peripheral tubular portion of the mutually neighboring hollow tubular capacitors is connected to the one end portion of the other side surface portion side of a front side of the inner peripheral tubular portion of the mutually neighboring hollow tubular capacitors, while the one end portion of the one side surface portion side of a rear side of the outer peripheral tubular portion of the mutually neighboring hollow tubular capacitors is connected to the one end portion of the other side surface portion side of the front side of the outer peripheral tubular portion of the mutually neighboring hollow tubular capacitors.

2. The hollow tubular capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the inner peripheral tubular portion and the outer peripheral tubular portion are of cylindrical shape and a female screw formed at the end portion of the one side surface portion side of the rear side of inner peripheral tubular portion is screwed with a male screw formed at the end portion of the other side surface portion side of the front side of inner peripheral tubular portion, while a female screw formed at the end portion of the one side surface portion side of the rear side of outer peripheral tubular portion is screwed with a male screw formed at the end portion of the other side surface portion side of the front side of outer peripheral tubular portion.

3. An inverter device including:
a hollow tubular capacitor connected in parallel with an inverter circuit portion, including:
a one side electrode connecting portion having an inner peripheral tubular portion and a one side surface portion extending from a one end portion of the inner peripheral tubular portion toward an outer peripheral side;
an other side electrode connecting portion having an outer peripheral tubular portion arranged coaxially with the inner peripheral tubular portion on a central axis line and an other side surface portion extending from an other end portion of the outer peripheral tubular portion toward an inner peripheral side; and
an electrostatic capacitance portion having a one side electrode plate connected to the one side electrode connecting portion, an other side electrode plate arranged oppositely to the one side electrode plate and connected to the other side electrode connecting portion and a dielectric body disposed between the one side electrode plate and the other side electrode plate, wherein
the electrostatic capacitance portion is accommodated in a high density in an annular space formed by the inner peripheral tubular portion, the one side surface portion, the outer peripheral tubular portion and the other side surface portion; and
an inverter circuit portion formed in annular shape about the central axis line and coaxially and integrally formed with the hollow tubular capacitor and having a three phase upper arm and a three phase lower arm connected to a DC power source and respectively including a power semiconductor module for controlling an energization phase, each leg between the three phase upper and lower arms being connected to a three phase load, wherein the one side electrode connecting portion and the other side electrode connecting portion of the hollow tubular capacitor are electrically connected to the three phase upper and lower arms of the inverter circuit portion.

4. The inverter device accordin to claim 3 , wherein the one side electrode plate, the other side electrode plate arranged oppositely to the one side electrode plate and the dielectric body disposed between the one side electrode plate and the other side electrode plate of the electrostatic capacitance portion are formed to be wound in spiral about the central axis line in the annular space and wherein a one side edge of the one side electrode plate is connected to one of the one side surface portion of the one side electrode connecting portion and the other side surface portion of the other side electrode connecting portion thereby to approximate a one side edge of the other side electrode plate and an other side edge of the one side electrode plate is approximated by the other of the one side surface portion of the one side electrode connecting portion and the other side surface portion of the other side electrode connecting portion thereby to connect an other side edge of the other side electrode plate therewith.

5. The inverter device according to claim 3 , wherein the electrostatic capacitance portion is formed by a plurality of capacitor elements arranged within the annular space about the central axis line and each positive electrode terminal of each of the plurality of capacitor elements is connected to one of the one side electrode connecting portion and the other side electrode connecting portion, while each negative electrode terminal of the each of the plurality of capacitor elements is connected to the other of the one side electrode connecting portion and the other side electrode connecting portion.

6. The inverter device according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of capacitor elements is formed such that the one side electrode plate, the other side electrode plate arranged oppositely to the one side electrode plate and the dielectric body disposed between the one side electrode plate and the other side electrode plate are formed to be wound in spiral about the central axis line and that one side edge of the one side electrode plate of the each of the plurality of capacitor elements is connected to one of the one side surface portion of the one side electrode connecting portion and the other side surface portion of the other side electrode connecting portion, thereby to approximate the one side edge of the other side electrode plate and the other side edge of the one side electrode plate is appropriated by the other of the one side surface portion of the one side electrode connecting portion and the other side surface portion of the other side electrode connecting portion thereby to connect the other side edge of the other side electrode plate therewith.

7. The inverter device according to claim 3 , wherein the electrostatic capacitance portion includes a plurality of annular one side electrode plates connected to an outer periphery of the inner peripheral tubular portion and extendin

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• KOSHI Naoki

Classifications

• Y02T10/7022

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H02M7/003

  Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections · CPC title

• H01G4/232

  electrically connecting two or more layers of a stacked or rolled capacitor · CPC title

• H02M7/537

  using semiconductor devices only, e.g. single switched pulse inverters · CPC title

• H01G4/228

  Terminals · CPC title