US 11,703,041 B2
Vehicular electric compressor
Hitoshi Tamaki, Tokyo (JP); and Manabu Suzuki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 16/761,938
Filed by MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/037560
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/093043, PCT Pub. Date May 16, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-216458 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0325883 A1, Oct. 15, 2020
Int. Cl. F04B 35/04 (2006.01); F04B 39/12 (2006.01); F04C 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F04B 35/04 (2013.01) [F04B 39/121 (2013.01); F04C 29/00 (2013.01); F04C 2240/30 (2013.01); F04C 2240/40 (2013.01); F04C 2240/403 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular electric compressor, comprising:
a compressor body that compresses fluid sucked from outside and then discharges the fluid, using electric power as power;
a protective component provided on the compressor body; and
an external attachment leg attached to the compressor body through the protective component,
wherein the protective component is lower in strength than the external attachment leg,
wherein the compressor body comprises a compression mechanism unit that compresses the fluid and then discharges the fluid, a motor unit that drives the compression mechanism unit, and an inverter unit that operates the motor unit,
wherein the inverter unit includes an inverter that supplies the electric power to the motor unit, an inverter case that accommodates the inverter, and an inverter cover that covers the inverter accommodated in the inverter case,
wherein the inverter cover is provided at an end of the compressor body and the protective component is provided directly on an outer surface of the inverter cover,
wherein the external attachment leg is attached to the inverter cover through the protective component and is attached to a part outside the vehicular electric compressor, and
wherein a connection between the compressor body and the protective component and another connection between the protective component and the external attachment leg are made respectively by different connection members.