Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100170283 | Compressor Controller - An air-con ECU ( | 07-08-2010 |
20100172765 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a device for controlling power supply from an inverter having a semiconductor switching element to an electric compressor having a built-in motor. The device includes: means for calculating a starting current value required for starting the compressor from the pressure at the discharge side circuit of the compressor; means for calculating a permitted current value of the semiconductor switching element from the temperature of the inverter installation portion; and means for comparing the calculated compressor starting current value to the permitted current value of the semiconductor switching element so as todetermine whether to permit a start of the compressor. Thus, it is possible to appropriately start the electric compressor without using a semiconductor switching element requiring a greater current capacity than is necessary in the inverter. This reduces the size and the cost of the electric compressor. | 07-08-2010 |
20100188038 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR CONTROL DEVICE - An electric compressor control device includes: an inverter for electric compressor motor; a communication microcontroller arranged in a low-voltage region for transmission of an instruction signal via a high-speed communication bus; and a control microcontroller arranged in a high-voltage region and connected to the communication microcontroller via an insulation element for transmitting the instruction signal from the communication microcomputer as an inverter control signal to the inverter. The power voltage of the communication microcomputer is supplied from a low-voltage power source. The voltage from the low-voltage power source is transformed via a transformer and supplied as a power voltage of the control microcontroller. Thus, it is possible to use the existing insulation element at an insulation boundary between the low-voltage region and the high-voltage region so as to surely supply a predetermined power voltage to the microcontroller for controlling the inverter, thereby improving the communication reliability of the entire control device. | 07-29-2010 |
20100246083 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - A method for controlling an electric compressor into which an inverter for controlling an electric motor as a drive source is integrally incorporated. The method is characterized by comprising the steps of acquiring the temperature of an accessory of the inverter, when the acquired temperature becomes or is already equal to or higher than the maximum rated temperature of the accessory, calculating the value of a current which can flow at the acquired temperature and restrictively controlling the rotational speed of the electric compressor such that the input current becomes equal to or less than the value of the current which can flow, and when the temperature of the accessory becomes lower than the maximum rated temperature, releasing the restrictive control. The method for controlling the electric compressor can prevent a malfunction of the accessory even in use under a high-temperature environment while preventing increase in the cost and size of the electric compressor by preventing an increase in the size of the accessory of the inverter. | 09-30-2010 |
20110206544 | Electric Compressor Integrating Inverter - Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor wherein the attachability of a coil component has been improved while reliability of a connection state at the electrical joints is ensured by simplifying a mechanism which electrically connects the coil component, such as one for removing electromagnetic noise, to a motor drive circuit. An inverter-integrated electric compressor, wherein a motor drive circuit including an inverter is surrounded by a compressor housing, is characterized in that a coil component comprising a plurality of conductor wires wound in parallel is attached to the motor drive circuit through a seat, the seat is provided with a protrusion which can be fitted into a seat affixing hole provided in a case member for housing the motor drive circuit, a plurality of terminal holes are arranged in the portion where the protrusion is provided, the plurality of conductor wires pulled out from the coil component are inserted, in a one-to-one correspondence, into the plurality of terminal holes in such a manner that the mutual interval between the wires is widened, and the end of each conductor wire is connected electrically to the motor drive circuit. | 08-25-2011 |
20110211980 | Inverter Integrated Electric Compressor - Provided is a low-cost compressor having excellent operation stability which enables the improvement of the stability of a control circuit by shielding electromagnetic noise and the effective prevention of the vibration of a control substrate while the design flexibility is maintained at the same high level as that of conventional ones. An inverter-integrated electric compressor in which a motor is incorporated and a high-voltage circuit for motor drive including an inverter and a control substrate provided with a low-voltage circuit for control are provided in a compressor housing is characterized in that a shield plate made of a material capable of shielding an electromagnetic noise emitted from the high-voltage circuit for motor drive toward the low-voltage circuit for control is interposed between the high-voltage circuit for motor drive and the control substrate, and the shield plate and the control substrate are fixed to each other and both are fixed at a predetermined position in the compressor housing. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211981 | Inverter-Integrated Electric Compressor - Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor excellent in joining strength and joining reliability at electrical joint. An inverter-integrated electric compressor wherein a motor is incorporated and a motor drive circuit including the inverter is surrounded by a compressor housing, characterized in that a bus bar joint section at which bus bars are electrically joined together is provided in the motor drive circuit, and a tip of at least one of the bus bars, the tip being located at the bus bar joint section, is split into small joining sections. | 09-01-2011 |
20110217190 | Inverter-Integrated Electric Compressor - Disclosed is a low-cost, inverter-integrated electric compressor with which a high degree of design freedom is maintained, high vibration resistance can be achieved by reliable anchoring of the circuit components, the weight can be reduced easily, and which has excellent operational stability. An inverter-integrated electric compressor has a built-in motor and has a substrate provided with a motor drive circuit including an inverter. In the inverter-integrated electric compressor, after electric components including the substrate have been fixed in a housing space surrounded by a compressor housing and have been assembled, the housing space is filled with an insulating resin, and at least a part of the electric components are sealed by the solidified filling resin. The inverter-integrated electric compressor is characterized in that a resin frame, which has a concave retaining part provided with a concave part formed in a concave shape along the outlines of the circuit components provided on the substrate and has a vent hole provided in the concave retaining part, is mounted on the substrate, and a resin injection space, which can be filled with resin, is formed between the circuit components on the substrate and the resin frame. | 09-08-2011 |
20110217191 | Inverter-Integrated Electric Compressor - Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor whose inverter section is molded using a urethane resin and which is excellent in joining reliability of electrically connected section. An inverter-integrated electric compressor, wherein the compressor incorporates a motor and wherein a motor drive circuit including the inverter is provided in a containing space surrounded by a compressor housing. A crimping section of a terminal of a conducting wire connected to the inverter is molded, together with the inverter, in a resin charged into the containing space. A gap at the crimping section, the gap being open to the outside, is previously covered and sealed by a gap sealant. | 09-08-2011 |
20120063935 | Inverter-Integrated Electric Compressor - An inverter-integrated electric compressor configured in such a manner that a motor is incorporated within a compressor, a control circuit board is provided to an inverter section which is provided with a motor drive circuit for driving the motor, and electric component parts including the control circuit board is fixed within a containment space surrounded by a compressor housing, wherein the control circuit board is fixed within the housing space through a board-fixing section, and a board vibration-isolating member, said board vibration-isolating member consisting of an electrically insulative elastic material, is provided between the control circuit board and the board-fixing section. A frame member having a convcave holding section may be loaded on the control circuit board, and a board vibration-isolating member, said board vibration-isolating member consisting of an electrically insulative elastic material, may be provided between the control circuit board and the frame member. The inverter-integrated electric compressor has highly reliable performance and configured in such a manner that the vibration of the control circuit board of the motor drive circuit is suppressed as much as possible. | 03-15-2012 |
20120076679 | Inverter-Integrated Electric Compressor - Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor having high heat resistance, which is capable of suppressing thermal interference among a plurality of power devices. Specifically provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor which comprises a built-in motor and a substrate provided with a motor drive circuit including an inverter, an electric component including the substrate being affixed in a housing space surrounded by a compressor housing, wherein a plurality of power semiconductor elements which constitute the motor drive circuit are disposed radially around a drive shaft of the motor in a plane crossing the drive shaft. For example, the planar shape of the power semiconductor element is formed into a rectangle, and a gap having a sectorial planar shape is formed between the power semiconductor elements adjacent to each other. | 03-29-2012 |