Patent ID: 7839259

Claim:
A structure for mounting a temperature switch on a compressor of a vehicle air-conditioner, the temperature switch having a bottomed cylindrical container made of a metal and a circular shallow dish-shaped thermally responsive element disposed on a bottom of the metal container, comprising: a housing recess provided on a surface of a housing of the compressor for housing the temperature switch; a fixing cover including an upper cover covering an upper surface of the temperature switch and one or a plurality of band-shaped legs downwardly extending from a peripheral edge of the upper cover along a side of the temperature switch, the fixing cover being housed in the housing recess together with the temperature switch while covering the temperature switch from above; and one or a plurality of claws provided on the band-shaped legs of the fixing cover, wherein when the temperature switch is housed in the housing recess, the claws are engaged with an inner surface of the housing recess to be locked, whereby the temperature switch is fixed in the housing recess; wherein an adhesive having thermal conductivity is housed in the housing recess, the adhesive being interposed between a lower part of the temperature switch and the housing recess when the temperature switch is housed in the housing recess; and wherein the band-shaped legs are constructed so that parts of the band-shaped legs are buried in the adhesive when the temperature switch is housed in the housing recess.