INTEGRATED ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR

• US 20100014988A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
• Inventors: Niwa, Kazuki, Takashige, Takayuki, Tsutsui, Kenji, Hattori, Makoto, Nakano, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 8,308,442 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 417/44.100
• CPC Class Codes: F04B 35/04 the means being electric
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/0141 Shields associated with casings, enclosures or brackets
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/026 Suppressors associated with brushes, brush holders or their supports
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/028 Suppressors associated with the rotor
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/05 Rectifiers associated with casings, enclosures or brackets
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/33 Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics H02K11/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 7/003 Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections

Abstract

There is provided an integrated electric compressor having a circuit configuration capable of decreasing the size thereof while restraining current ripples. In an inverter of the electric compressor, by providing a capacitor 13 and a reactor 14 between a power source and an inverter board 12, the ripples of a driving voltage is restrained, and a motor can be driven with high efficiency and the size of a housing can be decreased. Further, by connecting the capacitor 13 and the reactor 14 to a power board 16 by using a bus bar 23, the voltage ripple restraining effect is further increased, and the capacitor 13 and the reactor 14 are unitized integrally by the bus bar 23 to improve the assembling workability of the power board 16.

Claims

1. An integrated electric compressor comprising:

a compressor constituting an air conditioner;

a motor for driving the compressor;

a control board for controlling the operation of the motor; and

a housing for accommodating the compressor, the motor, and the control board, characterized in that

the integrated electric compressor further comprises a ripple reducing circuit which is provided between a power source for applying a voltage to the motor and the control board to reduce ripples of a voltage supplied from the power source, wherein the ripple reducing circuit comprises a capacitor and a reactor, and

the ripple reducing circuit is connected to the power source side and the control board by a bus bar.

2. The integrated electric compressor according to claim 1, wherein the capacitor, the reactor, and the bus bar are integrated.

3. The integrated electric compressor according to claim 1, wherein the capacities of the capacitor and the reactor of the ripple reducing circuit are set so as to avoid resonance with the rotation period of the motor.

4. The integrated electric compressor according to claim 1, wherein the capacities of the capacitor and the reactor of the ripple reducing circuit are set so as to avoid resonance with the switching frequency of an inverter for driving the motor.

5. The integrated electric compressor according to claim 1, wherein the control board comprises:

a switching element for controlling the application of a voltage to the motor from the power source to rotationally drive the motor;

a control circuit for controlling the operation of the switching element; and

a snubber circuit which is provided between the power source and the switching element to reduce radio noise and which comprises a resistor and a capacitor.

6. The integrated electric compressor according to claim 5, wherein the resistor and the capacitor constituting the snubber circuit are surface mounted on a board.

7. The integrated electric compressor according to claim 6, wherein a control circuit board provided with the control circuit and the board provided with the switching element and the snubber circuit are provided so as to face to each other with a space being provided therebetween, and the element of the resistor and the element of the capacitor constituting the snubber circuit are surface mounted on the board on the side opposite to the side on which the control circuit board is arranged.

8. The integrated electric compressor according to claim 1, wherein the integrated electric compressor is mounted on a vehicle.