US 11,839,068 B2
Electric power converter
Kimihiro Ono, Kanagawa (JP); Susumu Kumakura, Kanagawa (JP); and Rei Takahashi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/431,227
Filed by NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/000172
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/169998, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142014 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H02B 1/48 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01); H02M 7/00 (2006.01); H05K 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 7/20927 (2013.01) [H02B 1/48 (2013.01); H02M 7/003 (2013.01); H05K 5/04 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric power converter, comprising:
an inverter which comprises plural electric parts;
a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth electric power;
a housing configured to house the inverter and the smoothing capacitor; and
a first conductor portion that connects the smoothing capacitor and the inverter, wherein:
the housing comprises a base portion on which the inverter and the smoothing capacitor are mounted, the base portion being made of an insulating resin material, and a cover portion directly attached to the insulating resin material of the base portion to cover the inverter and the smoothing capacitor, and
a part of the first conductor portion between the smoothing capacitor and the inverter is located in a vicinity of or in contact with the base portion of the housing.