Patent ID: 8360752

Claim:
An electric compressor comprising: a compression mechanism which compresses introduced fluid; an electric motor which drives the compression mechanism; a motor drive circuit which controls energization to the electric motor; a housing which accommodates at least any one of the compression mechanism, electric motor, and motor drive circuit; and a mounting bracket which is partially protruded on an outside of the housing, wherein: the housing comprises a swelled-space portion swelled toward a radial outside of the housing to be continuous with the mounting bracket, and within the swelled-space portion, a connecting terminal, which electrically connects the electric motor and the motor drive circuit, is attached, the connecting terminal comprises: a body portion; a first terminal portion which protrudes from the body portion on an electric motor side; and a second terminal portion which protrudes from the body portion on a motor drive circuit side, one of the first terminal portion and a third terminal portion at an end of a harness electrically connected to the electric motor is bifurcated and sandwiches the other of the first terminal portion and the third terminal portion to constitute a connection structure, the third terminal portion is fixed within the housing, and the first terminal portion is automatically coupled to the third terminal portion upon attachment of the connecting terminal to the swelled-space portion.