Terminal block with split-type ferrite core assembly
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSho Ito
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Abstract
A drive unit includes: (a) a rotary electric machine; (b) an electric-power control device configured to control driving of the rotary electric machine; (c) a casing that houses the electric-power control device; (d) a terminal block fixed to the casing, and provided with a plurality of connection lines to which an output of the electric-power control device is to be supplied; and (e) a split-type ferrite core assembly including an annular ferrite core surrounding the plurality of connection lines by extending in a circumferential direction around a direction in which the plurality of connection lines extend. The terminal block and the ferrite core assembly are fastened together to the casing by a fastener.
Claims2
A drive unit comprising:
- a rotary electric machine;
- an electric-power control device configured to control driving of the rotary electric machine;
- a casing that houses the electric-power control device;
- a terminal block fixed to the casing, and provided with a plurality of connection lines to which an output of the electric-power control device is to be supplied;
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- a split-type ferrite core assembly including an annular ferrite core surrounding the plurality of connection lines by extending in a circumferential direction around a direction in which the plurality of connection lines extend,
- wherein the terminal block and the ferrite core assembly are fastened together to the casing by a fastener,
- wherein the ferrite core assembly includes first and second core portions into which the annular ferrite core is divided, a first holding portion holding the first core portion and a second holding portion holding the second core portion,
- wherein the first and second holding portions are engaged with each other such that the first and second core portions cooperate to form an annular shape, and
- wherein at least one of the first and second holding portions includes a pressing portion that presses one of the first and second core portions toward the other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.