MECHATRONIC POWER CONVERTING DEVICE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVING DEVICE

• Main Author: UEDA MASATSUGU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 25.03.2021
• Subjects: BLASTING; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GEARING; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERATION; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

To provide a power converting device in which a power drive unit and a voltage converter capable of suppressing the total height including an electric motor while being mounted in a casing of the electric motor can be stored and modularized in the inside of a single storage box.SOLUTION: A storage box is composed of a box body 18 made of a box body main part 18a disposed above a casing 13 of an electric motor 11a and a box body remaining part 18b integrally ranging to a side wall of the box body main part 18a and suspended on a side part of the casing 13, an upper cover member attached to the box body main part 18a while forming a first storage chamber 21 storing a power drive unit between the box body main part 18a and the upper lid member, and a side cover member attached to a side part opening end portion of the box body remaining part 18b while forming a second storage chamber 22 storing a voltage converter 29 between the box body remaining part 18b and the side part cover member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】電動モータのケーシングに搭載される状態での電動モータを含む全高を極力小さく抑えることができるパワードライブユニットおよび電圧コンバータが、単一の収容箱の内部に収容されつつモジュール化ができる電力変換装置を提供する。【解決手段】収容箱が、電動モータ１１Ａのケーシング１３の上方に配置される箱体主部１８ａならびに箱体主部１８ａの側壁に一体に連なるとともにケーシング１３の側方に垂下される箱体残部１８ｂから成る箱体１８と、パワードライブユニットを収容する第１収容室２１を箱体主部１８ａとの間に形成して箱体主部１８ａに取付けられる上方蓋部材と、電圧コンバータ２９を収容する第２収容室２２を箱体残部１８ｂとの間に形成して箱体残部１８ｂの側方開放端部に取付けられる側方蓋部材とで構成される。【選択図】図２