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Electric compressor with integral inverter

  • US 8,398,377 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2008
  • Issued: 03/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electric compressor comprising:

  • a compressor housing comprising a receiving space;

    a motor;

    an integral inverter, incorporated with the motor and provided in said receiving space surrounded by the compressor housing with a motor drive circuit that comprises said integral inverter;

    at least some electric parts comprising said motor drive circuit, a capacitor, and said integral inverter are covered by a resin charged into said receiving space, anda plurality of preformed resin parts occupy a part of a region, which is in said receiving space and into which said resin is charged; and

    said plurality of preformed resin parts are formed of a material different from said charged resin and said at least some electric parts;

    wherein each preformed resin part of said plurality of preformed resin parts has a shape complementary to at least one electric part in order to be mounted at a predetermined site in said receiving space, andwherein each of said plurality of preformed resin parts is located between said at least one electric part and said charged resin to hold said at least some electric parts, andwherein said material different from said charged resin is a material the density or bulk density of which is less than that of said charged resin.

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