Integrated system

• US 10,110,098 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2016
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Fukushima, Tadahiro, Aiba, Tsukasa, Hagimoto, Takahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Walters, John D
• Application Number:
  US14/996,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20160218584A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,012 Days
• Field of Search: 180 6521
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 11/33 Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics H02K11/38 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/225 Terminal boxes or connection arrangements specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132

Abstract

An integrated system includes a controller, a drive device, a fastening supporting member, and a fixing member. The controller has a controller connector. The drive device has a drive device connector that is connected to the controller connector so that the drive device is electrically coupled to the controller. Via the fastening supporting member, the controller and the drive device are maintained in an electrically coupled state in which the drive device connector is connected to the controller connector. Via the fixing member, the controller and the drive device are maintained in a mechanically coupled state in which the drive device is mechanically coupled to the controller.

Claims

1. An integrated unit comprising:

a control unit having a control unit connector; and

a controlled unit that has a controlled unit connector that is fitted into the control unit connector and is electrically coupled to the control unit by causing the control unit connector and the controlled unit connector to be fitted into each other,

wherein the control unit and the controlled unit are maintained in a coupled state in which electrical coupling is accomplished by a fastening supporting member as well as in a coupled state in which mechanical coupling is accomplished by a fixing member that differs from the fastening supporting member, and

wherein the fastening supporting member is rotatable relative to the control unit to thereby ensure that the control unit is electrically coupled to the controlled unit.

2. The integrated unit according to claim 1,

wherein the fastening supporting member is movable with respect to the control unit in a direction in which the fastening supporting member is fastened.

3. The integrated unit according to claim 1,

wherein the controlled unit includes an electric rotating machine having a rotor and a stator disposed so as to be opposed to each other, and

wherein the control unit controls the electric rotating machine.

4. The integrated unit according to claim 1,

wherein the fastening supporting member is rotatable relative to the control unit to thereby increase an overlap between a portion of the controller connector and a terminal connected to the controlled unit.

5. The integrated unit according to claim 4,

wherein the portion of the controller connector is a terminal of the controller connector that is electrically connected to the terminal connected to the controlled unit.

6. An integrated unit comprising:

a control unit having a control unit connector; and

a controlled unit that has a controlled unit connector that is fitted into the control unit connector and is electrically coupled to the control unit by causing the control unit connector and the controlled unit connector to be fitted into each other,

wherein the control unit and the controlled unit are maintained in a coupled state in which electrical coupling is accomplished by a fastening supporting member as well as in a coupled state in which mechanical coupling is accomplished by a fixing member that differs from the fastening supporting member,

wherein a direction in which the fastening supporting member is fastened is substantially equal to a direction in which the fixing member is fixed; and

wherein a distance between the control unit and the controlled unit is maintained by the fastening supporting member at a predetermined distance that ensures electrical coupling and, after that, the distance between the control unit and the controlled unit is shortened by the fixing member to a distance shorter than the predetermined distance whereby mechanical coupling is accomplished.

7. The integrated unit according to claim 6,

wherein the fastening supporting member is mounted on the control unit in such a manner that a relative movement is allowed;

and

wherein a distance in which the relative movement is allowed is longer than a distance which the control unit and the controlled unit move from the predetermined distance that ensures electrical coupling to a distance that ensures mechanical coupling.

8. An integrated system comprising:

a controller having a controller connector;

a drive device having a drive device connector that is connected to the controller connector so that the drive device is electrically coupled to the controller;

a fastening supporting member via which the controller and the drive device are maintained in an electrically coupled state in which the drive device connector is connected to the controller connector; and

a fixing member via which the controller and the drive device are maintained in a mechanically coupled state in which the drive device is mechanically coupled to the controller,

wherein the fastening supporting member is rotatable relative to the controller to thereby ensure that the controller is electrically coupled to the drive device.

9. The integrated system according to claim 8,

wherein the fastening supporting member is movable with respect to the controller in a direction in which the fastening supporting member is fastened.

10. The integrated system according to claim 8,

wherein the drive device includes an electric rotating machine having a rotor and a stator disposed so as to be opposed to each other, and

wherein the controller controls the electric rotating machine.

11. The integrated system according to claim 8,

wherein the fastening supporting member is rotatable relative to the controller to thereby increase an overlap between a portion of the controller connector and a terminal connected to the drive device.

12. The integrated system according to claim 11,

wherein the portion of the controller connector is a terminal of the controller connector that is electrically connected to the terminal connected to the controlled unit.

13. An integrated system comprising:

a controller having a controller connector;

a drive device having a drive device connector that is connected to the controller connector so that the drive device is electrically coupled to the controller;

a fastening supporting member via which the controller and the drive device are maintained in an electrically coupled state in which the drive device connector is connected to the controller connector; and

a fixing member via which the controller and the drive device are maintained in a mechanically coupled state in which the drive device is mechanically coupled to the controller,

wherein a direction in which the fastening supporting member is fastened is substantially equal to a direction in which the fixing member is fixed; and

wherein a distance between the controller and the drive device is maintained via the fastening supporting member at a predetermined distance in which the controller and the drive device are in the electrically coupled state and, after that, the distance between the controller and the drive device is shortened via the fixing member to a distance shorter than the predetermined distance so that the controller and the drive device are in the mechanically coupled state.

14. The integrated system according to claim 13,

wherein the fastening supporting member is mounted on the controller so that a relative movement is allowed;

and

wherein a distance in which the relative movement is allowed is longer than a distance which the controller and the drive device move from the predetermined distance in which the controller and the drive device are in the electrically coupled state to a distance in which the controller and the drive device are in the mechanically coupled state.