Patent ID: 8618703

Claim:
a motor-driven compressor, comprising: a housing having at one end thereof an accommodation space; a rotary shaft extending in the housing; a compression mechanism driven by the rotary shaft; an electric motor rotating the rotary shaft; a motor driver circuit provided in the accommodation space and having a circuit board; a connector having a bus bar electrically connected to the circuit board; and a cylindrical portion located at the one end of the housing and located outside of the housing and having a longitudinal axis parallel to the rotary shaft and extending toward the direction close to the electric motor, the cylindrical portion being located outside of the accommodation space, wherein the compression mechanism, the electric motor and the motor driver circuit are arranged in the housing in axial direction of the rotary shaft, wherein the housing has a mounting hole communicating with the accommodation space and the interior of the cylindrical portion, the bus bar has a bent shape having opposite ends extended toward the direction close to the electric motor, the connector is disposed in the mounting hole with one end of the bus bar inserted in the cylindrical portion for electrical connection to an external device and the other end of the bus bar inserted in the accommodation space and electrically connected to the circuit board, and the mounting hole is closed up by a cover with a seal member provided therebetween.