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US 2012/0237376 A1Published application
Compressor
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
InventorsYusuke KINOSHITA, Shingo ENAMI, Ken SUITOU
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Abstract
An electric compressor includes an inverter cover. The inverter cover has a metal plate that is arranged to cover an inverter (a circuit board). The metal plate has bolt insertion holes, through which metal bolts for fixing the inverter cover to a suction housing are passed. The head of each bolt contacts a flange portion, which is the periphery of the corresponding bolt insertion hole. The inverter cover is formed of plastic by being molded in a mold, using the metal plate as a core.
Claims10
An electric compressor comprising:
- a metal housing;
- a compressing portion and an electric motor accommodated in the housing;
- an inverter for driving the electric motor;
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- an inverter cover fixed to the housing, the inverter cover accommodates the inverter, wherein
- the inverter cover has a metal plate that is arranged to cover the inverter,
- the metal plate has a bolt insertion hole for fixing the inverter cover to the housing,
- when the inverter cover is fixed to the housing by a metal bolt having a head and a threaded portion, the threaded portion of the bolt is passed through the bolt insertion hole, and the head of the bolt and the periphery of the bolt insertion hole are electrically connected to each other, and
- the inverter cover is formed of plastic by being molded in a mold, using the metal plate as a core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.