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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Yusuke Kinoshita, Kariya, JP;
Yumin Hishinuma, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiro Kuroki, Kariya, JP;
Tetsuhiko Fukanuma, Kariya, JP;
Tomoyuki Miyoshi, Nisshin, JP;
Yasushi Kato, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Nakane, Okazaki, JP;
Yusuke Kinoshita, Kariya, JP;
Yumin Hishinuma, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiro Kuroki, Kariya, JP;
Tetsuhiko Fukanuma, Kariya, JP;
Tomoyuki Miyoshi, Nisshin, JP;
Yasushi Kato, Toyota, JP;
Yuji Nakane, Okazaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An electric compressor is installed in a vehicle and includes a shell. The electric compressor includes an inverter, a cover, and a conductive component. The cover covers the shell and the inverter. The conductive component is electrically connected to the inverter and arranged outside the cover. The cover includes an outer guide surface inclined relative to a forward direction of the vehicle. The outer guide surface has a normal including a forward component directed in the forward direction. The outer guide surface is arranged closer to an outer side of the vehicle than the conductive component.