In-vehicle integrated-inverter electric compressor
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorsNoriaki Arashi, Manabu Suzuki, Takeshi Hirano, Minoru Kawada, Takayuki Watanabe, Ichiro Yogo
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Abstract
Disclosed is an in-vehicle integrated-inverter electric compressor (1) in which an inverter accommodating section (3) is provided on the periphery of a housing (2), an inverter device is installed in the inverter accommodating section (3), and the opening portion of the inverter accommodating section (3) is sealed by means of a cover member (4) to be fixed with screws. A safety mechanism (7) is provided such that some of the fixing screws (5) fixing the cover member (4) to the inverter accommodating section (3) cannot be removed when the electric compressor (1) is mounted in a vehicle.
Claims8
An in-vehicle integrated-inverter electric compressor, comprising:
- an inverter accommodating section provided on a periphery of a housing;
- an inverter device installed in the inverter accommodating section;
- an opening portion of the inverter accommodating section sealed by means of a cover member to be fixed with screws;
- and
- a safety mechanism with which some of the fixing screws fixing the cover member to the inverter accommodating section:
- wherein providing the safety mechanism so as to face a mounting area prevents the cover member from being removed when the electric compressor is mounted in a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.