Patent ID: 9590462
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: F01C,F04B,F04C,H02K

Claim:
1. An electric compressor comprising: a hermetic container provided therein with a compression mechanism and a motor section; an electric motor drive circuit section which is placed outside the hermetic container and which drives and controls the motor section; a through hole formed in the hermetic container; a hermetic terminal placed in the through hole; a conductive terminal which is fixed to the hermetic terminal through an insulating member and which electrically connects the motor section and the electric motor drive circuit section to each other; a connecting terminal mounted on a wire of the motor section; and a housing including a conductive terminal-insertion hole through which the conductive terminal penetrates and including a wire-insertion hole through which the wire penetrates, the housing which connects the conductive terminal and the connecting terminal to each other, wherein the housing is composed of a plurality of structure bodies, a convexo-concave shape which does not have a function to completely seal inside and outside of the housing is provided between bonding surfaces of the plurality of structure bodies, the housing is provided with a cylindrical structure into which the conductive terminal is inserted toward the hermetic terminal, and a convex structure which comes into contact with the wire is formed on an inner surface of the wire-insertion hole.