Abstract: An object of the present invention is to achieve stable inverter control by means of current detection using one current sensor in all of periods in which overmodulation control is performed. An inverter controller includes a ?-axis current calculation section that holds, in advance, a ?-axis current arithmetic expression including a direct current as a parameter, and calculates a ?-axis current using a direct current detected by a current sensor for the ?-axis current arithmetic expression.

Abstract: An electric compressor 10 includes a compression mechanism 11, an electric motor 12 driving the compression mechanism 11, and a control portion 13 controlling to drive the electric motor 12, incorporated into a single casing, and further includes a temperature detector 14 detecting a temperature of one or more components constituting one or both of the control portion 13 and the electric motor 12, and a current detector 15 detecting a current flowing through the component. When the temperature detected by the temperature detector 14 is a temperature Td, the current detected by the current detector 15 is a current Id, and a current corresponding to the temperature Td at a temperature characteristic relating to the current specific to the component is a current Ia(Td), the control portion 13 stops driving the electric motor 12 on the basis of a result of comparison between Ia(Td) and Id.

Abstract: An integrated-inverter electric compressor whose grounding effect and grounding reliability are increased by reliably grounding an inverter device to a housing and in which the size the inverter device are reduced by simplifying the grounding structure is provided. The integrated-inverter electric compressor includes an inverter device provided in an inverter container on the outer circumference of a housing.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to detect a three-phase AC motor current with high accuracy only with DC input current measuring means to a three-phase PWM inverter, and reduce resonance of a DC power supply by a ripple current in driving an AC motor with a DC current via a three-phase PWM inverter. A carrier wave Cry_e earlier than that of a V phase is used to sample a U phase and a carrier wave Cry_l always later than that of the V phase is used to sample a W phase. Thus, a sampling time sufficiently longer than an interval Ts of the carrier waves Cry_e, Cry_m and Cry_l can be ensured, and the current can be easily detected.

Abstract: An object is to provide a motor-driven compressor capable of reducing cost required when a failure occurs in part of components configuring an inverter device. A power substrate assembly 50 is removably fixed to a housing body 10 in an inverter accommodation chamber 13, and a control substrate assembly 70 and a filter circuit assembly 90 are removably fixed to a cover 30. Therefore, when the cover 30 is removed from the housing body 10, the power substrate assembly 50, the control substrate assembly 70, and the filter circuit assembly 90 can be independently removed from the housing body 10 or the cover 30, and new power substrate assembly 50, control substrate assembly 70, and filter circuit assembly 90 can be independently mounted on the housing body 10 or the cover 30.

Abstract: There is provided an electric compressor capable of being actuated rapidly. During the time when the operation of an automotive air conditioner is stopping, by heating a motor 12, a refrigerant on the outlet side 11b of a compressor body 11 is heated. Thereby, the temperature of refrigerant on the outlet side 11b is raised, and the refrigerant is prevented from being liquefied on the outlet side 11b of the compressor body 11, by which the automotive air conditioner can be actuated rapidly. Besides, by rotating the motor 12 at the number of revolutions lower than that at the time of normal operation, the refrigerant liquefied on the outlet side 11b of the compressor body 11 may be pushed out.

Abstract: A control circuit board (25) configuring an inverter (21) serves as a thermally-conductive substrate. One surface of the control circuit board (25) is installed in a heat transferable manner on a heat-dissipating planar part (31) disposed on a housing (2), while heat-producing electrical components (39) are disposed in a heat transferable manner on the other surface of the control circuit board (25). The control circuit board (25) includes a substrate body (41) constituted of an insulator, and heat-conducting through members (42) constituted of a good thermal conductor filled through in a thickness direction of the substrate body (41). One end of each of the heat-conducting through members (42) is disposed in a heat transferable manner on the heat-dissipating planar part (31), and the electrical component (39) is disposed in a heat transferable manner on the other end.

Abstract: Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor which is compact, has excellent ease of mounting, can ensure heat resistance reliability, and can reduce vibration and noise. In an inverter-integrated electric compressor where an inverter device having a noise removing filter circuit and an inverter circuit is incorporated in an inverter accommodating section provided on an outer periphery of a housing, the inverter accommodating section consists of an inverter box provided on the outer periphery of the housing and in which the inverter circuit is accommodated and installed, and a junction box integrally coupled to the inverter box and in which a constituent component of the noise removing filter circuit is accommodated and installed, the junction box is coupled to the inverter box with internal spaces opposing each other, and functions as a cover of the inverter box, and the noise removing filter circuit is electrically wire-connected to the inverter circuit.

Abstract: Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor which is compact, has excellent ease of mounting, can ensure heat resistance reliability, and can reduce vibration and noise. In an inverter-integrated electric compressor where an inverter device having a noise removing filter circuit and an inverter circuit is incorporated in an inverter accommodating section provided on an outer periphery of a housing, the inverter accommodating section consists of an inverter box provided on the outer periphery of the housing and in which the inverter circuit is accommodated and installed, and a junction box integrally coupled to the inverter box and in which a constituent component of the noise removing filter circuit is accommodated and installed, the junction box is coupled to the inverter box with internal spaces opposing each other, and functions as a cover of the inverter box, and the noise removing filter circuit is electrically wire-connected to the inverter circuit.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an on-vehicle air conditioner that can prevent breakage or the like caused by applying a high voltage. In an inverter system 20 that controls an operation of a motor 30 of a compressor for the on-vehicle air conditioner, a motor control microcomputer 24 operates by converting a voltage supplied from an on-vehicle battery power source 50 into a low voltage. Thus, the motor control microcomputer 24 is operated to perform failure diagnosis of a high voltage circuit Cb without a high voltage power source 40 being turned on. The failure diagnosis can be performed without power being supplied from the high voltage power source 40 to the high voltage circuit Cb, thereby preventing the high voltage circuit Cb from being broken by applying the high voltage even when there is some failure in the high voltage circuit Cb.

Abstract: There is provided a control device of a permanent-magnet type synchronous motor that sets a synchronous operation current at start-up in response to a current limiting value determined from the temperature of an inverter that supplies three-phase power to the permanent-magnet type synchronous motor, that monitors an output voltage or an output current of the inverter during a rotation stabilizing period after start-up, and that updates the synchronous operation current using this output voltage or output current.

Abstract: There is provided an integrated electric compressor having a circuit configuration capable of decreasing the size thereof while restraining current ripples. In an inverter of the electric compressor, by providing a capacitor 13 and a reactor 14 between a power source and an inverter board 12, the ripples of a driving voltage is restrained, and a motor can be driven with high efficiency and the size of a housing can be decreased. Further, by connecting the capacitor 13 and the reactor 14 to a power board 16 by using a bus bar 23, the voltage ripple restraining effect is further increased, and the capacitor 13 and the reactor 14 are unitized integrally by the bus bar 23 to improve the assembling workability of the power board 16.

Abstract: Provided is an air conditioning apparatus that is capable of suppressing increases in volume and cost of the apparatus and performing more suitable overheating protection. An electric compressor is an inverter-integrated electric compressor integrally including a compressor, an electric motor that drives the compressor, and an inverter including a temperature sensor that detects the temperature in the vicinity of a semiconductor switching device, wherein a controller estimates a discharge temperature of the compressor on the basis of a correlation of respective pressure loading characteristics for the detected temperature of the inverter, for the rotational speed of the compressor, and for the motive force of the compressor in a refrigerating cycle.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to facilitate welding connection of an enameled wire to a busbar to increase accuracy and reliability of the welding, and inverter-integrated electric compressor by reducing processes of welding operation. In a busbar connection structure for closely contacting, welding and connecting an enameled wire end portion (27A, 28A) of a coil onto an external connection bent surface (35) formed on a busbar (33), a through hole (36, 46) through which the end portion (27A, 28A) of the enameled wire (27, 28) passes is formed on the inside of a base portion of the bent surface (35) of the busbar (33), and the end portion (27A, 28A) of the enameled wire (27, 28) is passed through the through hole (36, 46), positioned onto a welding point (35A) of the bent surface (35), and welded and connected onto the bent surface (35).

Abstract: An integrated-inverter electric compressor is provided, in which a change of the combination of weld plating layers provided on weld surfaces of an electrical connection terminal of an inverter can be allowed for easily. In an integrated-inverter electric compressor in which an inverter is integrally fitted to a compressor housing and an electrical connection terminal that electrically connects the inverter to an electric motor and/or an external power source is provided, one end of the electrical connection terminal has a wire-bonding weld surface for the inverter, the wire-bonding weld surface being provided with a weld plating layer for welding a bonding wire thereto, whereas the other end of the electrical connection terminal has weld surfaces for the electric motor and/or the external power source, the weld surfaces of two sides being respectively provided with different weld plating layers for connecting lead wires, bus bars, or terminals thereto.

Abstract: There is provided an integrated electric compressor that is improved in reliability. Bus bar connection is employed for electrical connection between a power board 16 and the power source side and between the power board 16 and the motor side, and welding is employed for joining a bus bar to a capacitor 13 and a reactor 14, for joining board-side terminal parts of the bus bar to PN terminals 20a and 20b, and for joining UVW terminals 25a, 25b and 25c to housing-side terminals 28a, 28b and 28c. By employing resistance welding for the welding, the terminals can be joined to each other with stabilized quality. Further, since flat joint plates are provided on one end side of the housing-side terminals 28a, 28b and 28c, and the UVW terminals 25a, 25b and 25c are welded thereto, reliable joints between terminals can also be attained in these portions.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for controlling an electric compressor, which can actuate the electric compressor rapidly through a simpler and lower-cost configuration while achieving reduction in weight, cost, and assembling time of the electric compressor. In the case where a pressure difference between the inlet side and the outlet side of the compressor body is present when a motor of the electric compressor is actuated, the motor is actuated at a number of revolutions lower than that in the normal mode. Thereby, even if a refrigerant has been liquefied on the outlet side of the compressor body, for example, the motor can be actuated by performing such action as to push out the liquefied refrigerant. In this case, the number of revolutions of the motor is increased by being changed stepwise or linearly, by which the number of revolutions of the motor is caused to reach a required number of revolutions as early as possible while surely performing the actuation.

Abstract: Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor in which the layout of a wiring path connected to an IPM is optimized, the wiring path is simplified, and the noise interference due to disturbance is suppressed, thereby improving the controllability. In an inverter-integrated electric compressor in which an inverter box is provided on the outer periphery of a housing accommodating a compressor and a motor, the inverter box integrally accommodating an inverter device, the inverter device includes an IPM constituting an inverter circuit, and UVW output terminals arranged on one side of the IPM are disposed, in the inverter box, so as to face a glass-sealed terminal that applies power from the inverter device to the motor.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to detect a three-phase AC motor current with high accuracy only with DC input current measuring means to a three-phase PWM inverter, and reduce resonance of a DC power supply by a ripple current in driving an AC motor with a DC current via a three-phase PWM inverter. A carrier wave Cry_e earlier than that of a V phase is used to sample a U phase and a carrier wave Cry_l always later than that of the V phase is used to sample a W phase. Thus, a sampling time sufficiently longer than an interval Ts of the carrier waves Cry_e, Cry_m and Cry_l can be ensured, and the current can be easily detected.

Abstract: An object is to provide an inverter module that can ensure satisfactory anti-vibration strength, moisture resistance, and isolation for each of the upper and lower boards of the inverter module and that can reduce the weight and cost, and to provide an integrated-inverter electric compressor. In an inverter module (21) in which a power system board (23) and a control board (31) are integrated via a resin case (22), the inverter module (21) is configured such that the power system board (23), on which a semiconductor switching device (24) is mounted, is provided at the lower part of the resin case (22) and the control board (31), on which a control-and-communication circuit is mounted, is provided thereabove.