US 12,355,329 B2
Rotary machine with electric motor and inverter
Shun Nakayama, Tokyo (JP); Koji Sakota, Tokyo (JP); and Yuji Sasaki, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by IHI Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,932.
Application 18/165,932 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/026859, filed on Jul. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-135825 (JP), filed on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0187997 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 5/20 (2006.01); H02K 5/22 (2006.01); H02K 7/00 (2006.01); H02K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 5/20 (2013.01) [H02K 5/225 (2013.01); H02K 7/003 (2013.01); H02K 7/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotary machine comprising:
an electric motor including a rotor and a stator;
a rotary shaft to be rotated by driving the electric motor;
an impeller attached to the rotary shaft;
an inverter that controls the electric motor; and
a plurality of lead wires that exit from the stator and are connected to the inverter,
wherein the stator includes an inner periphery facing the rotor, and an outer periphery opposite the inner periphery,
wherein the inverter is located in a circumferential direction along the outer periphery of the stator,
wherein the inverter includes a plurality of control substrates, and
wherein the plurality of control substrates are located side by side in an axial direction of the rotary shaft.