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US5132896A
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Inverter unit with improved bus-plate configuration
Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corp
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Filing: 1991-03-22
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Granted: 1992-07-21
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Expires: 2011-03-22
Abstract
Abstract An inverter unit for driving a motor with multi-phased currents, each of the phases being derived from a.c. input voltages that are applied to respective input terminals, rectified and smoothed by capacitors before being applied to parallel-connected switching elements to develop each of the phased a.c. outputs. The capacitors may be connected in series and/or in parallel together with the switching elements. In order to reduce the effect of the distributed inductance contributed by the conductors used to connect the capacitances and switches, and thus the need for large snubber capacitances to compensate for the distributed inductances, the connectors are given a geometry and an orientation that causes the inductances to be minimized. Specifically, the conductors are of a bus-plate form, having a large area for improving heat dissipation, and an orientation so that the magnitude and direction of currents flowing through the bus-plates tend to minimize the effect of the distributed inductances. The bus-plates may comprise one or more separate conductive plates and may be shaped to provide slots for viewing indicators on the capacitors.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuji Nishizawa
- 👤 Masakatsu Daijo
- 👤 Osamu Harada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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2026-10-30 18:28
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02M; H02M7/00; H02M7/003; H01; H01G; H01G11/00; H01G11/78; H01G11/82; H05; H05K; H05K7/00; H05K7/14; H05K7/1422; H05K7/1427; H05K7/1432; H05K7/14329; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/13
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
An inverter unit comprising: a plurality of capacitors for smoothing a direct current, each of said capacitors having a capacitor pole surface containing first polarity capacitor poles and second polarity capacitor poles and defining a first pole surface area; a plurality of switching elements for inverting said direct current into an alternating current, each of said switching elements having a switching pole surface containing first polarity switching poles and second polarity switching poles and defining a second pole surface area; insulating plate means for providing electrical insulation and defining an insulating surface area; first bus-plate means for electrically connecting said first polarity capacitor poles and said first polarity switching poles, said first bus-plate means defining a first plate area that is at least the size of the area defined by the total of said first and second surface areas; second bus-plate means for connecting said second polarity capacitor poles of said capacitors and said second polarity switching poles, said second bus-plate means defining a second plate area; said first and second bus-plate means being disposed with said first plate area and said second plate area substantially adjacent to each other and said insulating plate being disposed therebetween.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
An inverter unit comprising: a plurality of capacitors for smoothing a direct current, each of said capacitors having a capacitor pole surface containing first polarity capacitor poles and second polarity capacitor poles and defining a first pole surface area; a plurality of switching elements for inverting said direct current into an alternating current, each of said switching elements having a switching pole surface containing first polarity switching poles and second polarity switching poles and defining a second pole surface area; insulating plate means for providing electrical insulation and defining an insulating surface area; first bus-plate means for electrically connecting said first polarity capacitor poles and said first polarity switching poles, said first bus-plate means defining a first plate area that is at least the size of the area defined by the total of said first and second surface areas; second bus-plate means for connecting said second polarity capacitor poles of said capacitors and said second polarity switching poles, said second bus-plate means defining a second plate area; said first and second bus-plate means being disposed with said first plate area and said second plate area substantially adjacent to each other and said insulating plate being disposed therebetween.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein at least one of said capacitor surfaces areas has an indicator thereon and at least one of said first and second bus-plate means is shaped to permit said indicator on said at least one of said capacitor surface areas to be seen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein at least one of said capacitors has explosion-proof valve means disposed at said capacitor pole surface area thereof and at least one of said first and second conductor plate means is shaped so as to permit said valve means to extend therethrough.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein at least one of said adjacent bus-plate means and said insulating means have substantially the same plate surface areas.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein said first bus-plate means comprises a current detector means conducively connected between two bus plate halves.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The inverter unit of claim 5 wherein said second bus-plate means is shaped so as to non-conducively intersect said current detector means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein at least one of said adjacent bus-plate means is shaped to permit at least one of said first or second poles to nonconductively pass through said bus-plate means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein at least two of said capacitors are connected in parallel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein at least two of said capacitors are connected in series.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein said first bus-plate means is operative to conduct current in a first direction and at a first magnitude and said second plate means is operative to conduct current in a second direction, opposite to said first direction, and at a magnitude substantially equal to said first magnitude.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
71 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein each of said bus-plate means comprises at least one bus-plate and is sized and oriented with respect to the other so that the currents flowing through at least one bus-plate of said first bus-plate means are equal and opposite in direction to the currents flowing through at least one bus-plate of said second bus-plate means, whereby an inductance associated with the bus-plates is reduced.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
The inverter unit of claim 11 wherein each of said first and second bus-plate means is sized to have a plate area greater than the total of said first and second pale surfaces areas.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
The inverter unit of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first and second bus-plate means comprises a plurality of plates.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
48 words
The inverter unit of claim 13 wherein at each of said first and second bus-plate means comprises a plurality of bus-plates and said insulating plate means comprises a plurality of insulating plates, said insulating plates being disposed between oppositely disposed bus-plates of said first and second bus-plate means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The inverter of claim 1, further comprising heat dissipating means having at least one of heat dissipating surface.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
29 words
The inverter of claim 15, wherein said heat dissipating means comprises said first and second bus-plate means and said heat dissipating surfaces comprises said first and second plate areas.
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