US 12,276,279 B2
Electric compressor
Takahiro Kato, Kariya (JP); Ryuji Watanabe, Kariya (JP); Noritaka Nishimori, Kariya (JP); Takahiro Hoshida, Kariya (JP); and Takayuki Kato, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Aichi (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,611.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-057338 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313799 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. F04C 29/06 (2006.01); F04C 18/02 (2006.01)
CPC F04C 18/0215 (2013.01) [F04C 29/06 (2013.01); F04C 2240/30 (2013.01); F04C 2240/403 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric compressor comprising:
a compression member configured to compress fluid;
an electric motor configured to drive the compression member;
an inverter configured to drive the electric motor;
a housing accommodating the compression member, the electric motor, and the inverter; and
a soundproof cover covering the housing,
the housing including a plurality of housing elements, wherein
the soundproof cover has a facing portion facing the housing, and
the facing portion has a groove that surrounds a boundary between two of the housing elements that are adjacent to each other and is distant from the boundary.