Electric compressor
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsTakahiro Kato, Ryuji Watanabe, Noritaka Nishimori, Takahiro Hoshida, Takayuki Kato
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An electric compressor includes a compression member configured to compress fluid, an electric motor configured to drive the compression member, an inverter configured to drive the electric motor, a housing accommodating the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter, and a soundproof cover covering the housing. The housing includes a plurality of housing elements. The soundproof cover has a facing portion facing the housing. The facing portion has a groove that surrounds a boundary between two of the housing elements that are adjacent to each other and is distant from the boundary.
Claims13
An electric compressor comprising:
- a compression member configured to compress fluid;
- an electric motor configured to drive the compression member;
- an inverter configured to drive the electric motor;
- a housing accommodating the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter;
- and
- a soundproof cover covering the housing,
- the housing including a plurality of housing elements, wherein
- the soundproof cover has a facing portion facing the housing, and
- the facing portion has a groove that surrounds a boundary between two of the housing elements that are adjacent to each other and is distant from the boundary.
An electric compressor comprising:
- a compression member configured to compress fluid;
- an electric motor configured to drive the compression member;
- an inverter configured to drive the electric motor;
- a housing accommodating the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter;
- and
- a soundproof cover covering the housing,
- the housing including a plurality of housing elements, wherein
- the soundproof cover has a facing portion facing the housing,
- the soundproof cover further has a spacer that keeps a boundary between two of the housing elements that are adjacent to each other apart from the facing portion,
- the spacer is a rib integrally formed with the facing portion,
- the rib includes two ribs, and
- the two ribs are disposed such that the boundary is disposed between the two ribs.
An electric compressor comprising:
- a compression member configured to compress fluid;
- an electric motor configured to drive the compression member;
- an inverter configured to drive the electric motor;
- a housing accommodating the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter;
- and
- a soundproof cover covering the housing,
- the housing including a plurality of housing elements, wherein
- the soundproof cover has a facing portion facing the housing,
- the soundproof cover further has a spacer that keeps a boundary between two of the housing elements that are adjacent to each other apart from the facing portion, and
- the spacer is a rib integrally formed with at least one of the two of the housing elements that are adjacent to each other and cooperate to form the boundary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.