Electric scroll compressor with motor connector assembly and motor connector assembly for electric scroll compressor

An electric compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, comprising:

• a housing defining an intake volume, a discharge volume and an inverter cavity, the housing having a generally cylindrical shape and having a central axis, the housing defining a motor connector aperture located between the intake volume and the inverter cavity;
• an inverter module mounted inside the inverter cavity of the housing and adapted to convert direct current electrical power to alternating current electrical power;
• a three-phase motor having first, second, and third motor windings and being mounted inside the housing, the motor having a motor inverter end and including first, second, and third sets of locating pins, associated with the first, second, and third windings, respectively, located along an outer periphery of the motor at the motor inverter end and extending towards the inverter module;
• a compression device, coupled to the motor, for receiving the refrigerant from the intake volume and compressing the refrigerant as the motor is rotated;
• and,
• first, second, and third motor connector assemblies located at the motor inverter end of the motor and including a set of apertures configured to receive the respective set of locating pins, each motor connector assembly including:
• a motor connector housing having an inverter end adjacent the inverter cavity and an intake end within the intake volume and being positioned within the motor connector aperture, the motor connector housing including an internal wall having an intake side and an inverter side and being positioned between the inverter end and the intake end separating the intake volume and the inverter cavity, the motor connector housing defining a connector intake cavity located within the intake volume and a connector inverter cavity, the first end of the first motor connector being at least partially located within the connector intake cavity and the second end of the first motor connector being at least partially located within the connector inverter cavity;
• a first motor connector passing through the internal wall and having a first end located adjacent the intake side of the internal wall and a second end located adjacent the inverter side of the internal wall, one of the motor windings being electrically connected to the first end of the first motor connector;
• and,
• a second motor connector coupled to the inverter module and being configured to be removably coupled to the second end of the first motor connector, the second motor connector having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second motor connector being configured to be removably in contact with the inverter module, the second end of the second motor connector being configured to be removably in contact with the second end of the first motor connector.