US 12,173,711 B2
Electric compressor
Ami Fujiwara, Kariya (JP); Takuro Yamashita, Kariya (JP); Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kariya (JP); and Yoichi Takashima, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Aichi (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, Aichi (JP)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/436,382.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-023065 (JP), filed on Feb. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0280104 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. F04C 18/02 (2006.01); F04B 39/12 (2006.01); F04C 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC F04C 27/005 (2013.01) [F04C 18/0215 (2013.01); F04C 2240/30 (2013.01); F04C 2240/805 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric compressor comprising
a housing accommodating a compression mechanism and a motor mechanism,
the housing including a first metal housing portion, a second metal housing portion, a metal connecting pin, and a first gasket,
the first metal housing portion having a first joint surface and a first pin hole formed in the first joint surface, and
the second metal housing portion having a second joint surface that faces the first joint surface and a second pin hole formed in the second joint surface at a position where the second pin hole faces the first pin hole, wherein
the metal connecting pin having:
a press-fitting portion press-fitted into the first pin hole; and
a first insertion portion having a first contact portion protruding from an outer peripheral surface of the first insertion portion and removably inserted into the second pin hole, the first contact portion being in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the second pin hole, and
the first gasket has an insulation property, the first gasket having a first pin insertion hole through which the metal connecting pin is inserted, the first gasket being interposed between the first joint surface and the second joint surface.