Mounting structure of electric motor-driven compressor

• US 6,217,297 B1
• Filed: 09/10/1998
• Issued: 04/17/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Muraki, Toshihiko, Takechi, Tetsuya, Sanuki, Masami, Tsumagari, Yuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Argenbright, Tony M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Castro, Arnold
• Application Number:
  US09/151,007
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 417/423.5, 417/360, 623/233
• US Class Current: 417/360
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00514 Details of air conditioning housings
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/3223 characterised by the arrangement or type of the compressor B60H1/3222 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 67/00 Engines characterised by the arrangement of auxiliary apparatus not being otherwise provided for, e.g. the apparatus having different functions; Driving auxiliary apparatus from engines, not otherwise provided for

Abstract

An electric motor-driven compressor is positioned closer to the center of gravity of an engine than a compression mechanism, and is mounted in such a manner that an axial direction of an electric motor is parallel to a crank shaft of the engine. Therefore, a vibration force produced by the engine and applied to the electric motor is reduced.

Claims

1. A mounting structure of an electric motor-driven compressor applied to a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a vehicle electric motor for running the vehicle, said mounting structure comprising:

a compression mechanism for compressing fluid; and

a compressor electric motor integrated with said compression mechanism for driving said compression mechanism, said compressor electric motor being heavier than said compression mechanism, wherein;

said electric motor-driven compressor mounted on the internal combustion engine in such a manner that said compressor electric motor is positioned closer to a center of gravity of the internal combustion engine than said compression mechanism.

2. A mounting structure of an electric motor-driven compressor according to claim 1, wherein;

said electric motor-driven compressor includes a fixing portion for fixing said electric motor-driven compressor to the internal combustion engine; and

an axial direction of said compressor electric motor corresponds with a direction, which is parallel to a contact surface between the internal combustion engine and said fixing portion, and which has the smallest vibration force generated by the internal combustion engine among directions parallel to said contact surface.

3. A mounting structure of an electric motor-driven compressor according to claim 1, wherein;

an axial direction of said compressor electric motor is parallel to a direction of a crank shaft of the internal combustion engine.

4. A mounting structure of an electric motor-driven compressor according to claim 2, wherein;

said compressor electric motor includes an approximately cylindrical stator core, a rotor for rotating in said stator core, and a motor housing for housing said stator core and said rotor;

said fixing portion includes a bolt hole in which a bolt is inserted to fix said motor housing to the internal combustion engine; and

said fixing portion is formed on said motor housing at a position deviated from a part corresponding to said stator core.

5. A method for mounting an electric motor-driven compressor, which has a compression mechanism and an electric motor being heavier than said compression mechanism for driving said compression mechanism, on an internal combustion engine, comprising a step of mounting said electric motor-driven compressor on the internal combustion engine in such a manner that said electric motor is positioned closer to a center of gravity of the internal combustion engine than said compression mechanism.

6. A method for mounting an electric motor-driven compressor according to claim 5, further comprising a step of corresponding an axial direction of said electric motor parallel to a crank shaft of the internal combustion engine.

7. A method for mounting an electric motor-driven compressor according to claim 6, further comprising a step of fixing said compressor to the engine by bolting at a fixing portion of a motor housing, which embraces a stator core, of said electric motor in such a manner that said fixing portion is located outside of an area corresponding to said stator core.