# US 11,444,510 B2 · Controller and motor assembly comprising same

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- Number: US 11,444,510 B2
- Document ID: US11444510B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/647,755
- Filed: 2018-07-27
- Published: 2020-09-03
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2017-09-29
- Assignees: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Chan Seok Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444510B2

## CPC

- H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)}
- H02K 11/0094: {Structural association with other electrical or electronic devices}
- H02K 5/06: Cast metal casings
- H02K 11/02: for suppression of electromagnetic interference
- H02K 11/33: Drive circuits, e.g. power electronics (H02K11/38 takes precedence)
- H02M 7/003: {Constructional details, e.g. physical layout, assembly, wiring or busbar connections}
- H02K 2203/09: Machines characterised by wiring elements other than wires, e.g. bus rings, for connecting the winding terminations
- H02K 2211/03: Machines characterised by circuit boards, e.g. pcb
- H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53})
- H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P)

## Abstract

One embodiment relates to a controller and a motor assembly comprising same, the controller comprising: a controller housing; a controller cover disposed at an opening of the controller housing; a DM filter unit disposed over the controller cover; a CM filter unit disposed over the DM filter unit; a power module unit disposed under the controller cover; a substrate disposed under the power module unit; and a first connector and a second connector which penetrate the controller cover and have one side thereof disposed at the substrate. Accordingly, a heat generation problem can be resolved while miniaturization and weight lightening are realized, and some parts of the controller can be shared.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A controller comprising:
a controller housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion having an opening;
a controller cover disposed on the opening of the controller housing;
a differential-mode (DM) filter unit disposed above the controller cover and toward the upper portion of the controller housing;
a common-mode (CM) filter unit disposed above the DM filter unit and toward the upper portion of the controller housing;
a power module unit disposed below the controller cover and away from the lower portion of the controller housing;
a substrate disposed below the power module unit and away from the lower portion of the controller housing; and
a first connector and a second connector each having one side disposed on the substrate through the controller cover,
wherein the controller housing is disposed above the substrate such that the controller cover is arranged between the substrate and the controller housing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The controller of claim 1, wherein the controller housing includes a controller housing body having a first boss formed to protrude upward from the controller housing body and a first terminal having one side disposed inside the first boss and an opposite side disposed to protrude from an inner surface of a lower side of the controller housing body,
wherein the CM filter unit includes a CM filter unit body, a second terminal, a (2-1)th terminal, and a (2-2)th terminal disposed on the CM filter unit body, a CM filter disposed between the second terminal and the (2-1)th terminal, and a first capacitor disposed between the second terminal and the (2-2)th terminal, and
wherein one side of the second terminal is in contact with the first terminal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The controller of claim 2, wherein the controller housing further includes a first protrusion protruding from the inner surface of the lower side of the controller housing body, and
wherein a first hole formed in the second terminal is coupled to the first protrusion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The controller of claim 2, wherein the controller housing body further includes a second boss and a third boss that are formed to protrude upward from the controller housing body,
wherein an opposite side of the first connector is disposed inside the second boss, and
wherein an opposite side of the second connector is disposed inside the third boss.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The controller of claim 2, wherein the DM filter unit includes:
a DM filter unit body having a plurality of second protruding parts formed to protrude downward;
a third terminal, a (3-1)th terminal, a (3-2)th terminal, a (3-3)th terminal, and a (3-4)th terminal disposed on the DM filter unit body;
a DM filter disposed between the (3-1)th terminal and the (3-2)th terminal; and
a second capacitor disposed between the (3-2)th terminal and the (3-3)th terminal, and
wherein an end portion of one side of each of the third terminal, the (3-1)th terminal, the (3-2)th terminal, and the (3-3)th terminal is disposed to protrude from an end portion of each of the plurality of second protruding parts.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The controller of claim 5, wherein an end portion of one side of the (2-1)th terminal is coupled to a third hole formed in the third terminal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The controller of claim 6, wherein one side of each of the third terminal, the (3-1)th terminal, and a (3-3-1)th frame of the (3-3)th terminal is connected to the substrate.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The controller of claim 7, wherein a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) is disposed on the substrate, and
wherein power applied through the third terminal moves to the (3-1)th terminal and the (3-3-1)th frame through the MOSFET.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The controller of claim 8, wherein the power module unit includes:
a bracket; and
a power module disposed between the bracket and the controller cover, and
wherein one surface of the power module is pressed against the controller cover, which is made of a metal material, by the bracket.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The controller of claim 9, wherein the bracket includes:
a bracket body having a cavity in which the power module is disposed and three fourth bosses protruding downward formed therein; and
three fourth terminals each having one side disposed to be exposed inside each of the three fourth bosses and an opposite side disposed on the bracket body to protrude downward.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The controller of claim 10, wherein a sixth hole is formed at one side of each of the three fourth terminals.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The controller of claim 10, wherein the power module includes:
a power module body;
a plurality of first pins disposed to protrude downward from one side of the power module body; and
five terminal pins disposed to protrude downward from an opposite side of the power module body,
wherein each of three first terminal pins of the five terminal pins is in contact with an opposite side of each of the three fourth terminals,
wherein one of two second terminal pins of the five terminal pins is in contact with one side of the (3-2)th terminal of the DM filter unit, and another second terminal pin of the five terminal pins is in contact with one side of the (3-3)th terminal of the DM filter unit, and
wherein an end portion of each of the plurality of first pins is coupled to the substrate.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The controller of claim 1, wherein power is supplied to the substrate after noise is removed by the CM filter unit and the DM filter unit, and
wherein the power is supplied to the DM filter unit after reverse connection is prevented at the substrate.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The controller of claim 1, wherein a first protruding part of the controller housing is coupled to a first groove formed in an upper surface of the controller cover.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The controller of claim 14, wherein a sealing member is further disposed in the first groove.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The controller of claim 1, wherein a controller housing body of the controller housing is made of a synthetic resin material, and
wherein the controller cover is made of a metal material.

### Claim 17

A motor assembly comprising:
a controller; and
a motor,
wherein the controller includes:
a controller housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion having an opening;
a controller cover disposed on the opening of the controller housing;
a differential-mode (DM) filter unit disposed above the controller cover and toward the upper portion of the controller housing;
a common-mode (CM) filter unit disposed above the DM filter unit and toward the upper portion of the controller housing;
a power module unit disposed below the controller cover and away from the lower portion of the controller housing;
a substrate disposed below the power module unit and away from the lower portion of the controller housing; and
a first connector and a second connector each having one side disposed on the substrate through the controller cover, and
wherein the controller housing is disposed above the substrate such that the controller cover is arranged between the substrate and the controller housing.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The motor assembly of claim 17, wherein the motor includes:
a rotation shaft;
a rotor disposed outside the rotation shaft;
a stator disposed outside the rotor;
a bus bar disposed above the stator toward the controller;
a motor housing accommodating the rotor, the stator, and the bus bar; and
a motor cover disposed on an opening of the motor housing, and
wherein the substrate is disposed above the motor toward the controller.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The motor assembly of claim 18, wherein the bus bar includes:
a bus-bar body; and
a bus-bar terminal, and
wherein a fifth frame of the bus-bar terminal is coupled to a fourth terminal of the power module unit.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The motor assembly of claim 19, wherein the controller cover includes:
a controller cover body disposed on the opening of the controller housing;
a third protruding part protruding downward from the controller cover body,
wherein an outer circumferential surface of the third protruding part is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the controller housing, and
wherein an O-ring is further disposed between the outer circumferential surface of the third protruding part and the inner circumferential surface of the controller housing.