Patent ID: 6552912
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: H02M,H05K

Abstract:
An inverter apparatus comprising:a rectifier circuit for rectifying an AC voltage; at least one cylindrical capacitor for smoothing a voltage output from the rectifier circuit, the capacitor having at a first end a gas-draining portion which is opened when an internal gas pressure is increased; a switching circuit for converting the voltage smoothed by the capacitor to an AC voltage; a board on which the rectifier circuit and the switching circuit are mounted, the board having a notch at a corner; a case having a first region for containing the board and a second region for containing the capacitor laid sideways through the use of the notch of the board, and ensuring a space necessary for the gas-draining portion of the capacitor contained in the second region to open, at a position corresponding to the gas-draining portion; a lead wire drawn from the other end of the capacitor and guided to the first region in a state where the capacitor is contained in the second region of the case, the lead wire being bent at substantially right angles in the first region and connected to the board; and resin used in the first region of the case and on the board contained in the first region.