JP2005307838A - Three-phase electric compressor - Google Patents

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JP2005307838A
JP2005307838A JP2004124942A JP2004124942A JP2005307838A JP 2005307838 A JP2005307838 A JP 2005307838A JP 2004124942 A JP2004124942 A JP 2004124942A JP 2004124942 A JP2004124942 A JP 2004124942A JP 2005307838 A JP2005307838 A JP 2005307838A
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a three-phase electric compressor which materializes long-term stable operation of a protective device. <P>SOLUTION: In the three-phase electric compressor 1, a three-phase electric motor 3 and a compressor 4 are arranged in a metal sealed container 2. A refrigerant compressed with the compressor 4 is discharged in the sealed container. By passing through a gap in the electric motor 3, the refrigerant flows to a discharge pipe 6 while cooling the electric motor. A protective device 11 connected to a middle point of the three-phase electric motor is arranged on the passage of the refrigerant, and provided with two pairs of contact points. The electric compressor 1 is mounted so as to make contact surfaces of contact points of the protective device vertical respectively and two pairs of contact points substantially parallel to each other. Even if scattered articles having high specific resistance are generated between points by an arc at switching in the case of a large switching capacity of the protective device, the scattered articles are easily dropped by gravity and prevented from being scattered to mutual contact points. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

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本発明は、保護装置の耐久性能を向上させた電動圧縮機に関するものである。   The present invention relates to an electric compressor with improved durability of a protective device.

エアコンや冷凍・冷蔵庫などの装置においては、熱交換用の冷媒ガスを圧縮しかつ循環させるために電動圧縮機が使用されている。   In an apparatus such as an air conditioner or a refrigerator / refrigerator, an electric compressor is used to compress and circulate refrigerant gas for heat exchange.

主にこれらの電動圧縮機としては容器全体を溶接などによって完全密閉した全密閉型電動圧縮機やボルトなどによって容器や装置を分解整備可能にされた半密閉型電動圧縮機(以下、これらを総称して密閉型電動圧縮機と称する)が用いられている。これらの密閉型電動圧縮機の容器内には電動機と圧縮機が配置されるとともに、この容器内を冷媒が流通する通路としている。冷媒は圧縮機で高温高圧状態に圧縮された後、容器外の熱交換器や膨張弁を通って熱交換すると共に低温低圧状態となって再び容器内に戻される。また冷媒は電動機の周囲を流れることにより、電動機の熱を奪って冷却を行っている。   These electric compressors are mainly hermetically sealed electric compressors that are hermetically sealed by welding, etc., and semi-hermetic electric compressors that can be disassembled and maintained with bolts, etc. (Referred to as a hermetic electric compressor). An electric motor and a compressor are arranged in a container of these hermetic electric compressors, and a passage through which a refrigerant flows is provided in the container. After the refrigerant is compressed to a high temperature and high pressure state by a compressor, the refrigerant exchanges heat through a heat exchanger and an expansion valve outside the container and returns to the low temperature and low pressure state again in the container. In addition, the refrigerant flows around the motor, thereby taking heat from the motor and cooling it.

このような密閉型電動圧縮機において、例えば電動機が過負荷状態になったり回転を拘束されて過電流が流れることで電動機巻線の発熱量が増大した場合や、冷媒が漏れ出して電動機を充分に冷却できなくなると、電動機は過熱状態となり適切な保護処理を行わないと最終的には電動機の焼損に至ることがある。   In such a hermetic electric compressor, for example, when the motor is overloaded or rotation is restricted and overcurrent flows, the amount of heat generated by the motor winding increases, or the refrigerant leaks and the motor is sufficiently If it becomes impossible to cool down, the electric motor will be overheated, and eventually the electric motor may be burned out without proper protection.

そのため従来から各種の保護装置が提案されている。そのひとつとして密閉容器内の冷媒中に配置される保護装置がある。この保護装置は直接冷媒や電動機の熱を受けることができることから、電動機や冷媒の温度変化に対して素早い応答性を得ることができる。この保護装置の形態は各種提案が成されているが、そのうち三相用密閉型電動圧縮機に使用される保護装置として例えば特開昭57−34623や特開平1−105435の「三相用サーマルプロテクタ」などが示されている。   For this reason, various protection devices have been proposed. One of them is a protective device arranged in the refrigerant in the sealed container. Since this protective device can directly receive the heat of the refrigerant and the electric motor, it can obtain a quick response to the temperature change of the electric motor and the refrigerant. Various proposals have been made for the form of this protective device. Among them, as a protective device used for a three-phase hermetic electric compressor, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-34623 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-105435 “Three-phase thermal device”. "Protector" etc. are shown.

これらの保護装置は電動機巻線や冷媒の温度変化に素早く対応できるように、密閉型電動圧縮機の電動機のコイル上に配置されたり、実開昭63−183384に示されるようにホルダーなどの保持具によって密閉容器内に配置される。   These protective devices are arranged on the coil of the motor of the hermetic type electric compressor so as to be able to respond quickly to changes in the temperature of the motor winding and the refrigerant, or to hold a holder or the like as shown in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-183384. It arrange | positions in an airtight container with a tool.

また本出願人はこの種の三相用密閉型電動圧縮機に使用される保護装置を提案するとともに、特開2004−44408においてこの保護装置である三相用インターナルプロテクタを取り付けた電動圧縮機の構造を提案した。これらの保護装置はいわゆるY結線の三相電動機に使用されるものであり、この場合には図9に示すように保護装置21は三相電動機20のY結線されたコイルの中点に接続される。こうして2組の接点が連動して電路を開放することによって電動機への通電を遮断することができる。   The present applicant also proposes a protection device used for this type of three-phase hermetic electric compressor, and in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-44408, an electric compressor equipped with a three-phase internal protector as this protection device. The structure of was proposed. These protective devices are used for so-called Y-connected three-phase motors. In this case, the protective device 21 is connected to the middle point of the Y-connected coil of the three-phase motor 20 as shown in FIG. The Thus, energization of the motor can be cut off by opening the electric circuit in conjunction with the two sets of contacts.

この保護装置21の例を図6乃至図8に示す。この保護装置21は三相電動機用のインターナルプロテクタであり金属製のカバー22と基板23からなる気密容器を有しており、この基板23を貫通して2本の導電端子ピン24がガラス23Aなどの電気絶縁材料で気密に絶縁固定されている。この導電端子ピン24と基板23にはそれぞれ2枚の接続端子25Aまたは25Bが固定されており、気密容器内部の接点機構の端子とされている。   Examples of the protection device 21 are shown in FIGS. The protective device 21 is an internal protector for a three-phase motor, and has an airtight container composed of a metal cover 22 and a substrate 23. Two conductive terminal pins 24 pass through the substrate 23 and have a glass 23A. It is airtightly fixed with an electrical insulating material. Two connection terminals 25A or 25B are fixed to the conductive terminal pin 24 and the substrate 23, respectively, and serve as terminals of a contact mechanism inside the hermetic container.

気密容器の内部は図7の縦断面図及びそのB−B断面矢視図である図8に示す様な構造となっており、それぞれの導電端子ピン24の内側端部には固定接点26が接続固定されており、この固定接点と対向して可動接点27が可動板28上に固着されている。この可動板28は可動接点を固着された側とは反対の端部28Aを支点として動くようにされており、この端部28Aは基板23上に固定された金属製の支持体29の貫通孔29Aに貫通支持されている。また二つの可動接点27は可動板の端部28Aを頂点とする二等辺三角形を構成するように配置されている。この可動板28は充分な柔軟性を持った導電線30で支持体29と接続される事によって基板23及び接続端子25Bと電気的に接続される。この可動板28は可動接点27の支持体であると同時に動作電流が流れる発熱体でもあり、導電線30の接続位置と各可動接点27の固定位置とはほぼ正三角形を成す事によってそれぞれの間の抵抗値が揃えられている。また可動板28は後述の熱応動板への熱伝達や保護装置としての動作特性を適切にするために、スリット等を設けることによって抵抗値や発熱位置が調整されている。   The inside of the hermetic container has a structure as shown in FIG. 8 which is a longitudinal sectional view of FIG. 7 and a sectional view taken along the line B-B of FIG. 7, and a fixed contact 26 is provided at the inner end of each conductive terminal pin 24. The connection is fixed, and the movable contact 27 is fixed on the movable plate 28 so as to face the fixed contact. The movable plate 28 is adapted to move with an end portion 28A opposite to the side to which the movable contact is fixed as a fulcrum, and the end portion 28A is a through hole of a metal support 29 fixed on the substrate 23. It is supported through 29A. The two movable contacts 27 are arranged to form an isosceles triangle having the end 28A of the movable plate as a vertex. The movable plate 28 is electrically connected to the substrate 23 and the connection terminal 25B by being connected to the support 29 by a conductive wire 30 having sufficient flexibility. The movable plate 28 is not only a support for the movable contact 27 but also a heating element through which an operating current flows. The connection position of the conductive wire 30 and the fixed position of each movable contact 27 form an equilateral triangle so that they are between each other. The resistance values are aligned. The movable plate 28 has a resistance value and a heat generation position adjusted by providing a slit or the like in order to make heat transfer to a heat responsive plate, which will be described later, and operating characteristics as a protective device appropriate.

支持体29にはバイメタルなどの熱応動板31の一端が固定されており、この熱応動板31の可動端を可動板28に連動させることによって熱応動板の動きに連動して接点が開閉される。この熱応動板31は支持体29に溶接などの方法で固着されているが、可動板28に対しては可動板先端に固着された連動板33によってその先端を機械的に受けるように保持されているだけである。そのため保護装置21への通電時には主に電流は低抵抗である導電線30を介して流れ、接触抵抗の高い熱応動板31にはほとんど流れない。そのため熱応動板21は電流による自己発熱ではなく、主に可動板28の発熱によって加熱される。こうして電動圧縮機に過電流が流れた場合や保護装置が過熱状態とされた時には熱応動板31が動作する事によって可動接点が固定接点から開離され電動機上の電路を遮断することができる。なお、基板23と固定接点26の間には接点開閉時のアークの熱や飛散物からガラス23Aの表面を保護するためにセラミックなどの絶縁板32が配置されている。   One end of a thermally responsive plate 31 such as a bimetal is fixed to the support 29, and the contact point is opened and closed in conjunction with the movement of the thermally responsive plate by linking the movable end of the thermally responsive plate 31 to the movable plate 28. The The thermally responsive plate 31 is fixed to the support 29 by welding or the like, but the movable plate 28 is held so as to mechanically receive the tip by an interlocking plate 33 fixed to the tip of the movable plate. It ’s just that. Therefore, when the protective device 21 is energized, the current mainly flows through the conductive wire 30 having a low resistance, and hardly flows through the thermally responsive plate 31 having a high contact resistance. Therefore, the thermally responsive plate 21 is heated not by self-heating due to current but mainly by the heat generated by the movable plate 28. In this way, when an overcurrent flows through the electric compressor or when the protective device is in an overheated state, the thermoresponsive plate 31 is operated, whereby the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact, and the electric circuit on the motor can be interrupted. An insulating plate 32 made of ceramic or the like is disposed between the substrate 23 and the fixed contact 26 in order to protect the surface of the glass 23A from arc heat and scattered matter when the contact is opened and closed.

この保護装置は金属製の気密容器中に熱応動板の変形によって可動接点を駆動する接点機構を設けたことにより、電動機の冷媒中に配置して運転電流を接点機構に流すことで通電による内部発熱、または周囲の温度上昇によって熱応動板が変形すると接点を開離して通電を遮断することができる。   This protective device is provided with a contact mechanism that drives a movable contact by deformation of a thermally responsive plate in a metal hermetic container. When the heat responsive plate is deformed due to heat generation or an increase in the ambient temperature, the contact can be opened to cut off the energization.

特開昭57−34623JP-A-57-34623 特開平1−105435JP-A-1-105435 実開昭63−183384Shokai 63-183384 特開2004−44408JP-A-2004-44408

従来は保護装置の取付姿勢や向きは電動機や冷媒との熱交換関係を優先して相対的に決められていた。さらに電動機や容器内での位置が決められても、電動圧縮機の配置姿勢、例えば縦置きにするか横置きにするかなどはそれらに優先して決められている。そのため、保護装置の運転時の姿勢が縦であるか横であるかなどの絶対的な姿勢についてはほとんど考慮されたことは無かった。   Conventionally, the mounting posture and orientation of the protection device have been relatively determined with priority given to the heat exchange relationship with the electric motor and the refrigerant. Furthermore, even if the position in the electric motor or the container is determined, the arrangement posture of the electric compressor, for example, whether it is set vertically or horizontally is determined with priority over them. For this reason, there has been almost no consideration on the absolute posture such as whether the posture of the protective device during operation is vertical or horizontal.

しかし本出願人は実験によって、複数の接点を有する保護装置においてその配置姿勢が耐久試験における接点寿命の長短に影響を及ぼすことを確認するに至った。特に大電流を流す保護装置においてその傾向が顕著であり、接点寿命が短い個体の発生率が変化することが判った。これは接点開閉時に高温のアークにより発生する比抵抗の大きな金属化合物などの飛散物が原因だと考えられ、特に大電流を開閉する保護装置においてはアークのエネルギーが大きいことから飛散量も多くなり耐久性能への影響も大きくなると考えられる。本発明はこのような知見に鑑み、電動圧縮機の保護装置の接点間に発生する異物による影響を排除し、保護装置が本来有する耐久性能を引出すことで電動圧縮機の信頼性を向上させようとするものである。   However, the present applicant has confirmed through experiments that the orientation of the protective device having a plurality of contacts affects the length of the contact life in the durability test. In particular, the tendency is remarkable in the protective device that flows a large current, and it has been found that the incidence of individuals with short contact life changes. This is thought to be caused by scattered materials such as metal compounds with high specific resistance that are generated by high-temperature arcs when the contacts are opened and closed. Especially in protective devices that open and close large currents, the amount of scattering increases because the arc energy is large. The impact on durability will also increase. In view of such knowledge, the present invention eliminates the influence of foreign matter generated between the contact points of the protective device of the electric compressor, and improves the reliability of the electric compressor by drawing out the inherent durability performance of the protective device. It is what.

本発明は三相用電動圧縮機において保護装置の接点寿命低下の原因となるアーク時の飛散物による影響を抑える為に、保護装置の2組ある接点の接触面をそれぞれ垂直にすると共に互いの接触面が水平に配置されるように電動圧縮機の配置姿勢を決めることを最も主要な特徴とする。   In the three-phase electric compressor, the contact surfaces of the two contact points of the protective device are made perpendicular to each other in order to suppress the influence of the scattered matter at the time of arcing, which causes a reduction in the contact life of the protective device. The most important feature is to determine the position of the electric compressor so that the contact surface is horizontally disposed.

本発明によれば電動圧縮機を配置する際に保護装置の接点組のそれぞれの接触面が垂直になるように配置することにより、接点開閉時のアークなどによって発生する金属化合物などの異物が接点表面から落下して接点間には残りにくくなる。それとともに互いの接触面が水平に配置されるように電動圧縮機の配置姿勢を決めることにより、アークで飛散した異物が互いに相手の接点間に入り込む可能性を最小限に抑えることができる。そのため従来のものでは接点組に高さの違いが生じる事があり、その場合には低い側の接点組に飛散物が集中して接点寿命を低下させることがあったのに対し、本発明ではそのような影響を確実に最小限にすることができるので接点寿命のバラツキを抑えて安定した性能の保護装置を得ることができる。   According to the present invention, when the electric compressor is arranged, the contact surfaces of the contact set of the protective device are arranged so that each contact surface is vertical, so that foreign matters such as a metal compound generated by an arc or the like at the time of opening and closing the contact are contacted. It drops from the surface and hardly remains between the contacts. At the same time, by determining the arrangement posture of the electric compressor so that the mutual contact surfaces are arranged horizontally, it is possible to minimize the possibility that foreign matters scattered by the arc enter each other's contacts. Therefore, in the conventional one, a difference in height may occur in the contact set. In that case, scattered objects may concentrate on the lower contact set and the contact life may be reduced. Since such an influence can be surely minimized, it is possible to obtain a protective device with stable performance while suppressing variations in contact life.

さらに接点を駆動する部分の支点よりも下方に接点の接触面を配置することで、可動板などの動きが飛散物によって阻害されることもない。また可動接点を配置する可動板を熱応動板と比較して剛性の高い金属板とすることができるので、可動接点の駆動時に両可動接点に駆動力を均等に伝えることができる。   Furthermore, by disposing the contact surface of the contact below the fulcrum of the portion that drives the contact, the movement of the movable plate and the like is not hindered by the scattered objects. In addition, since the movable plate on which the movable contact is disposed can be a metal plate having higher rigidity than the thermally responsive plate, the driving force can be evenly transmitted to both movable contacts when the movable contact is driven.

また可動接点を熱応動板に固定した保護装置を使用した場合には、熱応動板は通電によって自己発熱するので電流の増加に対して熱応動板も応答性よく温度上昇するので特に過電流に対する対応を迅速に行うことができる。   In addition, when using a protective device with a movable contact fixed to the thermal response plate, the thermal response plate will self-heat when energized. It is possible to respond quickly.

電動圧縮機の姿勢と内部に保持される保護装置の姿勢とを関連付け、電動圧縮機が所定の姿勢で配置されることにより保護装置の2組の接点をそれぞれの接触面を垂直にすると共に互いに水平に配置されるようにしたことで、接点開閉時のアークによって発生する異物による接点寿命への影響を最小限にした。   The attitude of the electric compressor is associated with the attitude of the protection device held inside, and the electric compressor is arranged in a predetermined attitude so that the two contact points of the protection device are perpendicular to each other and the contact surfaces are perpendicular to each other. By arranging them horizontally, the influence on the contact life due to foreign matters generated by arcs when opening and closing the contacts was minimized.

図1は本発明の密閉型電動圧縮機の一実施例における縦断面図を示し、その保護装置取付部分付近のA−A断面図を図2に示す。この密閉型電動圧縮機1は金属性の気密容器2の内部に電動機3と圧縮機4を配置した全密閉型の冷媒用圧縮機である。気密容器2は電動機等を収容する円筒部2Aとその両端を閉塞する蓋部2B及び2Cからなり、円筒部2Aと蓋部2B及び2Cとは溶接などによって密閉固定されている。一方の蓋部2Bには図示しない熱交換器などから冷媒を密閉容器2内の圧縮機4に導く吸入管5が、また他方の蓋部2Cには圧縮された冷媒を熱交換器へと送る吐出管6がそれぞれ気密に貫通固定されている。圧縮機4はシャフト7によって電動機3と連結されており、シャフト7の端部は隔壁8に設けられた軸受け9によって保持されている。   FIG. 1 shows a longitudinal sectional view of an embodiment of a hermetic electric compressor according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an AA sectional view in the vicinity of a protective device mounting portion. The hermetic electric compressor 1 is a fully hermetic refrigerant compressor in which an electric motor 3 and a compressor 4 are arranged inside a metallic hermetic container 2. The hermetic container 2 includes a cylindrical portion 2A that accommodates an electric motor and the like and lid portions 2B and 2C that close both ends thereof. The cylindrical portion 2A and the lid portions 2B and 2C are hermetically fixed by welding or the like. The suction pipe 5 that guides the refrigerant to the compressor 4 in the hermetic container 2 from a heat exchanger (not shown) or the like is sent to one lid 2B, and the compressed refrigerant is sent to the heat exchanger to the other lid 2C. The discharge pipes 6 are fixed in an airtight manner. The compressor 4 is connected to the electric motor 3 by a shaft 7, and the end of the shaft 7 is held by a bearing 9 provided in the partition wall 8.

電動機3への電力の供給は蓋部2Bに貫通固定された気密端子10を介して行われる。気密端子10は金属製の本体に設けた貫通孔に導電端子ピンをガラスなどの電気絶縁材を介して気密に貫通固定したものであり、密閉容器2の外部端は図示しない電源に接続され、内部端はソケット16によって接続されたリード線17を介して電動機3に接続される。この電動機3はいわゆるY結線の三相電動機であり、Y結線の中点にリード線18を介して保護装置ユニット11が接続されるとともに隔壁8上に固定されている。   Supply of electric power to the electric motor 3 is performed through an airtight terminal 10 that is penetrated and fixed to the lid 2B. The hermetic terminal 10 is formed by fixing a conductive terminal pin in a through hole provided in a metal main body through an electric insulating material such as glass, and the outer end of the sealed container 2 is connected to a power source (not shown). The inner end is connected to the electric motor 3 via a lead wire 17 connected by a socket 16. The electric motor 3 is a so-called Y-connected three-phase electric motor. The protection device unit 11 is connected to the midpoint of the Y-connection through a lead wire 18 and is fixed on the partition wall 8.

この保護装置ユニット11は図3の斜視図及び図4の分解図に示す様に、金属性の気密容器を持った保護装置21とこれを保持する電気絶縁性のホルダ12及び13からなる。この保護装置21は図6乃至図8に示す様に熱応動板の変形によって可動接点を可動板が駆動するものであり、内側のホルダ12に収納されるとともに外側のホルダ13を被せることで保護装置ユニット11として一体化されている。保護装置21の導電端子ピン21Aには板状の接続端子25Aが、また気密容器表面にはL字型の導電端子25Bが溶接などにより接続固定されている。この実施例において接続端子25A及び25Bは大電流の通電に対応できるように2個づつ固定されているが、電流容量によっては必ずしも2つ必要なものではない。この導電端子ピン21Aと接続端子25A及び25Bは外側ホルダの貫通孔13Aから外側に延びており、それぞれ図1に示したようにリード線18などを介して電動機3の巻線に接続されている。保護装置ユニット11は外側ホルダ13の固定孔13Bにボルト15などを通して隔壁8に固定することにより、保護装置21を両ホルダによって締め付けて回転しないように固定する。   As shown in the perspective view of FIG. 3 and the exploded view of FIG. 4, the protection device unit 11 includes a protection device 21 having a metallic airtight container and electrically insulating holders 12 and 13 for holding the protection device 21. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the protective device 21 is a device in which the movable plate drives the movable contact by deformation of the thermally responsive plate. The protective device 21 is housed in the inner holder 12 and covered by the outer holder 13. The device unit 11 is integrated. A plate-like connection terminal 25A is connected to the conductive terminal pin 21A of the protective device 21, and an L-shaped conductive terminal 25B is connected and fixed to the surface of the hermetic container by welding or the like. In this embodiment, two connection terminals 25A and 25B are fixed so as to be able to cope with energization of a large current, but two connection terminals are not necessarily required depending on the current capacity. The conductive terminal pins 21A and the connection terminals 25A and 25B extend outward from the through holes 13A of the outer holder, and are connected to the windings of the motor 3 via the lead wires 18 as shown in FIG. . The protective device unit 11 is fixed to the fixing hole 13B of the outer holder 13 through bolts 15 or the like to the partition wall 8 so that the protective device 21 is fastened by both holders so as not to rotate.

この保護装置ユニット11の取付けについて図5を参照して説明する。図5は保護装置ユニット11の取付位置を図2における図示上方から見た部分断面図である。この実施例において保護装置ユニット11はその内部を積極的に冷媒通路とするために、密閉型電動圧縮機1の隔壁8に設けられた貫通孔8A及び8Bを覆うようにして配置される。保護装置ユニット11は貫通孔を塞ぐのではなく、外側ホルダ13と内側ホルダ12及び保護装置21の間には冷媒が流通可能な隙間が設けられている。吸入管5から圧縮機4内に直接導入して圧縮された冷媒は、密閉容器2全体を通路とし、電動機の隙間を通って熱交換した後に隔壁8に設けられた貫通孔を通って吐出管6へと送られる。この流れにおいて貫通孔8A及び8Bを通る冷媒は図5に点線で示す様に、保護装置ユニット11のホルダ12及び13によって保護装置21の周辺に集められることで効率的に保護装置21と熱交換される。   The attachment of the protection device unit 11 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of the mounting position of the protection device unit 11 as viewed from above in FIG. In this embodiment, the protective device unit 11 is disposed so as to cover the through holes 8A and 8B provided in the partition wall 8 of the hermetic electric compressor 1 in order to positively use the inside of the protective device unit 11 as a refrigerant passage. The protective device unit 11 does not close the through hole, but a gap through which the refrigerant can flow is provided between the outer holder 13, the inner holder 12, and the protective device 21. The refrigerant directly introduced into the compressor 4 from the suction pipe 5 and compressed is discharged through the through hole provided in the partition wall 8 after exchanging heat through the gap of the electric motor with the entire sealed container 2 as a passage. 6 is sent. In this flow, as shown by the dotted lines in FIG. 5, the refrigerant passing through the through holes 8A and 8B is collected around the protective device 21 by the holders 12 and 13 of the protective device unit 11, thereby efficiently exchanging heat with the protective device 21. Is done.

ここで例えば電動圧縮機1の姿勢を保護装置の接点の接触面がそれぞれ水平になるようにした場合には、接点開閉時に発生した金属化合物などの異物は接点上やその周囲にほぼランダムに飛散する。そのため一方の接点間で発生した異物はその接点上に滞留するだけでなく、他方の接点間に飛散付着する可能性が高くなる。さらに保護装置の接触面がそれぞれ垂直になるように電動圧縮機を配置した場合であっても、2組の接点に高さの差を設けた場合には、上に位置する接点から発生した異物が下に位置する接点に落ちて影響を及ぼす可能性がでてくる。このような異物が接点間に入ると接点の接触面の抵抗値が増大して導通不良を起こしたり通電により接触面が過熱して溶着を起こすことがあり、動作性能の安定性が失われる原因となる。   Here, for example, when the contact surface of the contact of the protective device is horizontal in the posture of the electric compressor 1, foreign matters such as metal compounds generated at the time of opening and closing the contact are scattered almost randomly on and around the contact. To do. Therefore, the foreign matter generated between one contact not only stays on the contact but also has a high possibility of scattering and adhering between the other contacts. Furthermore, even when the electric compressor is arranged so that the contact surfaces of the protective device are vertical, if there is a difference in height between the two sets of contacts, the foreign matter generated from the contacts located above May fall and affect the contact point located below. If such foreign matter enters between the contacts, the resistance value of the contact surface of the contact may increase, causing a continuity failure or the contact surface may be overheated due to energization, causing welding to be lost and the stability of the operating performance to be lost It becomes.

これに対して本発明の電動圧縮機においては、運転時における保護装置の姿勢を規定し、2組の接点の接触面をそれぞれ垂直にするとともに互いに水平に位置するように配置することで、一方の接点からの異物が他方の接点に達する可能性が低くなり、長期に亘って安定した動作を行うことができる。つまりこのように電動圧縮機を配置することにより、接点開閉時のアークによって発生する金属化合物などの異物は垂直な接触面には滞留しにくくなるとともに、両接点組の接触面を互いに水平になるよう配置したことで一方の接点間で発生した異物が他方の接点間に移動することもなく、金属酸化物による接触不良を低減できる。   On the other hand, in the electric compressor of the present invention, the posture of the protective device during operation is defined, and the contact surfaces of the two sets of contacts are arranged vertically and positioned so as to be positioned horizontally with respect to each other. The possibility that foreign matter from one contact will reach the other contact is reduced, and stable operation can be performed over a long period of time. In other words, by arranging the electric compressor in this way, foreign matters such as metal compounds generated by arcs when opening and closing the contacts are less likely to stay on the vertical contact surfaces, and the contact surfaces of both contact sets are horizontal to each other. With this arrangement, the foreign matter generated between one contact does not move between the other contacts, and contact failure due to metal oxide can be reduced.

また可動接点を駆動する部分である可動板の支点の隙間に異物が入ると可動板の動きに影響が出て電動圧縮機に対する保護特性が若干変化する可能性がある。そこで接点の接触面を接点を駆動する可動板の支点よりも下方に配置するように電動圧縮機の配置姿勢を決めることで、接点からの飛散物がこの支点に噛み込むこともなくなり可動板の動きが阻害されることもない。   In addition, if foreign matter enters a gap between the fulcrums of the movable plate, which is a portion that drives the movable contact, the movement of the movable plate may be affected, and the protection characteristics for the electric compressor may slightly change. Therefore, by determining the position of the electric compressor so that the contact surface of the contact is positioned below the fulcrum of the movable plate that drives the contact, scattered objects from the contact will not bite into this fulcrum, and the movable plate The movement is not hindered.

さらに本実施例では保護装置の可動接点は熱応動板によって駆動される可動板上に配置したことで、熱応動板には基本的に電流は流れない構造とすることができる。そのため例えば一時的に過大な電流が流れた時にも熱応動板の温度上昇速度は発熱体である可動板よりも抑えられるので、熱応動板は異常な過熱状態とはなりにくく、高温による劣化や特性変化を抑えて長期的に安定した保護性能を得ることができる。また可動接点を可動板に配置することで、可動板を熱応動板と比較して厚く剛性の高い金属板とすることができるので、可動接点の駆動時に両可動接点に駆動力を均等に伝えることができる。   Furthermore, in this embodiment, the movable contact of the protective device is arranged on the movable plate driven by the thermally responsive plate, so that the current can basically be prevented from flowing through the thermally responsive plate. Therefore, for example, even when an excessively large current flows temporarily, the temperature rise rate of the thermal reaction plate is suppressed more than that of the movable plate, which is a heating element, so the thermal reaction plate is unlikely to be in an abnormal overheating state, Long-term stable protection performance can be obtained by suppressing characteristic changes. Also, by disposing the movable contact on the movable plate, the movable plate can be made thicker and more rigid compared to the thermally responsive plate, so that the driving force is evenly transmitted to both movable contacts when the movable contact is driven. be able to.

また本実施例では可動接点を可動板上に配置したものを例に説明したが、特許文献1や特許文献2に示した三相用サーマルプロテクタのように2個の可動接点を熱応動板に固定した保護装置を使用する電動圧縮機においても同様の効果が期待できる。またこのような保護装置を使用する場合には、熱応動板は通電によって自己発熱するので電流の増加に対して熱応動板も応答性よく温度上昇するので特に過電流に対する対応を迅速に行うことができる。   In the present embodiment, the movable contact is arranged on the movable plate as an example. However, as in the three-phase thermal protector shown in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, two movable contacts are used as the thermally responsive plate. The same effect can be expected in an electric compressor using a fixed protection device. In addition, when using such a protective device, the thermal reaction plate self-heats when energized, so the thermal reaction plate also rises in temperature with good response to an increase in current. Can do.

従来の電動圧縮機内に配置される保護装置の配置姿勢を見直すことで、保護装置が本来有する耐久性能を充分に引出すことができ、電動圧縮機の信頼性を向上することができる。   By reviewing the arrangement posture of the protection device arranged in the conventional electric compressor, the durability performance inherent in the protection device can be sufficiently brought out, and the reliability of the electric compressor can be improved.

本発明の電動圧縮機を示す縦断面図The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the electric compressor of this invention 図1の電動圧縮機のA−A断面矢視図AA cross-sectional arrow view of the electric compressor of FIG. 本発明の電動圧縮機に使用される保護装置ユニットの斜視図The perspective view of the protection device unit used for the electric compressor of this invention 図3の保護装置ユニットの分解図Exploded view of the protection device unit of FIG. 図3の保護装置ユニットの取付けを示す断面図Sectional drawing which shows attachment of the protection device unit of FIG. 保護装置の斜視図Perspective view of protective device 図6の保護装置の断面図Sectional view of the protective device of FIG. 図7の保護装置のB−B矢視図BB arrow line view of the protection device of FIG. 電動機への保護装置の取付けを説明するための回路図Circuit diagram for explaining attachment of protective device to electric motor

符号の説明Explanation of symbols

1:密閉型電動圧縮機
2:密閉容器
3:電動機
4:圧縮機
5:吸入管
6:吐出管
8:隔壁
10:密閉端子
11:保護装置ユニット
12、13:ホルダー
21:保護装置
26:固定接点
27:可動接点

1: Sealed electric compressor 2: Sealed container 3: Electric motor 4: Compressor 5: Suction pipe 6: Discharge pipe 8: Bulkhead 10: Sealed terminal 11: Protection device unit 12, 13: Holder 21: Protection device 26: Fixed Contact 27: movable contact

Claims (4)

密閉容器にY結線の三相電動機とこの圧縮機によって駆動される圧縮機を収納し、
密閉容器内を冷媒の通路とするとともにこの冷媒中に過電流または過熱によって動作する保護装置を配置し、
この保護装置は連動する2組の接点を有し三相電動機のY結線の中点に接続配置することで異常時に各相を分離して通電を遮断する電動圧縮機において、
運転時に前記保護装置の2組ある接点の接触面をそれぞれ垂直にすると共に互いの接触面が水平に配置されるように電動圧縮機の配置姿勢を決められたことを特徴とする三相用電動圧縮機。
A Y-connected three-phase motor and a compressor driven by this compressor are stored in a sealed container,
The inside of the sealed container is used as a refrigerant passage, and a protective device that operates due to overcurrent or overheat is disposed in the refrigerant.
This protective device has two sets of interlocking contacts and is connected to the midpoint of the Y connection of the three-phase motor to separate the phases and shut off the current in the event of an abnormality.
The three-phase electric motor characterized in that the arrangement posture of the electric compressor is determined so that the contact surfaces of the two contact points of the protection device are made vertical during operation and the contact surfaces are arranged horizontally. Compressor.
保護装置の2組ある接点の接触面は接点を駆動する部分の支点より下方に位置していることを特徴とする三相用電動圧縮機。 The three-phase electric compressor characterized in that the contact surfaces of the two contact points of the protective device are located below the fulcrum of the portion that drives the contact points. 保護装置の可動接点は熱応動板によって駆動される可動板上に固着されていることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の三相用電動圧縮機。 The three-phase electric compressor according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the movable contact of the protective device is fixed on a movable plate driven by a thermally responsive plate. 保護装置の可動接点は温度によって湾曲方向を変化する熱応動板に固着されていることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の三相用電動圧縮機。

The three-phase electric compressor according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the movable contact of the protective device is fixed to a thermally responsive plate whose bending direction changes according to temperature.

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