The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202010251552.5, titled “POWER UNIT”, filed by ATLAS COPCO (WUXI) COMPRESSOR CO., LTD., on Apr. 1, 2020, and Chinese Patent Application No. 202120366611.3, titled “Heat Sink”, filed by ATLAS COPCO (WUXI) COMPRESSOR CO., LTD., on Feb. 9, 2021, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of inverters and, more particularly, to a power unit.
In an existing inverter, a power structure needs to be mounted on a substrate and is adapted to be connected to a driving circuit board and multiple layers of busbars. However, mounting of the power structure on the substrate is not firm, and it is easy for the power structure to fall from the substrate. Thus, a fixing structure is added in some solutions, to fix the power structure on the substrate. However, in the related art, after the power structure is connected to the driving circuit board and the multiple layers of the busbars through the fixing structure, relatively long pins are required to pass through the busbars and the driving circuit board, resulting in a relatively large volume of an entire device. In addition, pins of respective power structures are likely to interfere with each other, so failures may easily occur. Moreover, when the fixing structure is used to mount the power structure on the substrate in an existing product, a process is complicated, and an installation efficiency is low.
The present disclosure aims to solve one of the above technical problems in the related art at least to a certain extent. In view of this, the present disclosure provides a power unit, which is beneficial to improve firmness of installation of the power structure on the substrate.
A power unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate having a first side surface at a first side thereof; a tablet structure located at the first side of the substrate; and a power structure configured to be pressed against the first side surface by the tablet structure.
The power unit according to the present disclosure uses the tablet structure to press the power structure against the first side surface of the substrate, thereby achieving a firm and reliable installation of the power structure on the substrate.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the power unit further includes a first holding structure penetrating the tablet structure, in such a manner that the tablet structure is held at the first side of the substrate.
Furthermore, the power unit further includes a second holding structure, the second holding structure being fitted to and connected to the first holding structure, in such a manner that the tablet structure is held at the first side of the substrate.
Alternatively, the first holding structure is configured as a columnar structure, and the second holding structure is configured as a ring structure, with which the columnar structure is sleeved.
Specifically, the first holding structure is perpendicular to the first side surface and has a free end facing away from the substrate, and the first holding structure is sleeved with the second holding structure in a rotatable manner from a side of the tablet structure facing away from the substrate.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first holding structure is configured as a screw rod having external threads, and the second holding structure is configured as a nut having internal threads.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second holding structure is pressed against a side of the tablet structure facing away from the substrate.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the tablet structure includes a tablet body formed as a recessed groove structure recessed towards the first side surface, and an opening of the tablet body faces away from the first side surface.
Furthermore, at least a part of the second holding structure is located in the recessed groove of the tablet body, and an end surface of the free end of the first holding structure facing away from the substrate is located in the recessed groove.
Specifically, the second holding structure is pressed against a tablet body bottom wall of the tablet body, the first holding structure penetrates the tablet body bottom wall, and the tablet body bottom wall is provided with a tablet body positioning hole fitted to the first holding structure.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the tablet structure includes a tablet body and a tablet arm connected to the tablet body and configured to press the power structure.
Specifically, the power structure includes a first power structure and a second power structure that are spaced apart from each other. The tablet arm includes a first tablet arm and a second tablet arm. The first tablet arm is configured to press the first power structure, the second tablet arm is configured to press the second power structure, and the tablet body is located between the first power structure and the second power structure.
Further, the first power structure includes a first connecting leg, the second power structure includes a second connecting leg, the first connecting leg and the second connecting leg are respectively located at opposite outer sides of the first power structure and the second power structure, and the tablet body is located between opposite inner sides of the first power structure and the second power structure.
Alternatively, an angle between a direction along which the first connecting leg protrudes from the first power structure and a direction along which the second connecting leg protrudes from the second power structure is approximately 180 degrees.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first power structure and the second power structure face towards each other in a first direction of the substrate, there is a plurality of the first power structures arranged on the substrate in a second direction of the substrate, there is a plurality of the second power structures arranged on the substrate along the second direction, and there is a plurality of the tablet structures arranged along the second direction. The first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.
Further, the plurality of the first power structures, the plurality of the tablet structures, and the plurality of the second power structures are in one-to-one correspondence in the first direction.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the plurality of the tablet structures is connected into one piece by a tablet connecting portion.
Further, the tablet connecting portion is connected between tablet bodies of two adjacent tablet structures.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the tablet structure includes a tablet body and a tablet arm. The first holding structure penetrates the tablet body, and the tablet arm is connected side by side to the tablet body in the first direction of the substrate and configured to press the power structure. There is a plurality of the tablet structures connected to each other in the second direction of the substrate, and the first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other.
Further, the tablet arms include a first tablet arm and a second tablet arm that are symmetrically connected to two sides of the tablet body. Moreover, tablet bodies of two adjacent tablet structures are connected to each other through a tablet connecting portion.
Specifically, the tablet body is formed as a recessed groove structure recessed towards the first side surface, an opening of the tablet body faces away from the first side surface, the first tablet arm and the second tablet arm are respectively connected to two ends of the opening of the tablet body, and the first tablet arm and the second tablet arm extend in directions facing away from each other.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the power unit further includes: a positioning portion for positioning the power structure on the substrate.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the positioning portion includes a positioning sheet, a through positioning opening is provided on the positioning sheet, and the positioning opening matches the power structure.
Alternatively, the positioning sheet is further provided with an annular positioning rib surrounding the positioning opening and matching an outer peripheral surface of the power structure.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the positioning sheet is an insulating positioning sheet and adhesively fixed to the first side surface of the substrate.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the positioning sheet is provided with a positioning sheet through hole for matching the first holding structure and allowing the first holding structure to pass through to form positioning fitting.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the positioning portion includes a recess formed on the first side surface of the substrate, and the recess matches the outer peripheral surface of the power structure.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the power unit further includes a heat-insulation structure arranged on the first side surface of the substrate in a form of surrounding the power structure.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first side surface of the substrate is a side surface facing towards the busbar.
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the tablet structure is configured as a seagull wing shape and includes a tablet body, a first tablet arm and a second tablet arm. The first tablet arm and the second tablet arm are symmetrically connected to two sides of the tablet body, and free ends of the first tablet arm and the second tablet arm each have a bending section bending towards the substrate.
The additional aspects and advantages of the present disclosure will be partly given in the following description, and some will become obvious from the following description or be learned through practice of the present disclosure.
power unit 100, substrate 10, ridge 11, recess 12, tablet structure 20, tablet body 21, tablet body positioning hole 211, tablet arm 22, first tablet arm 221, second tablet arm 222, tablet connecting portion 23, bending section 24, power structure 30, first power structure 31, first connecting leg 311, second power structure 32, second connecting leg 321, first pin 331, second pin 332, third pin 333, holding structure 45, first holding structure 40, second holding structure 50, positioning sheet 60, positioning opening 61, annular positioning rib 62, positioning sheet through hole 63, and heat-insulation structure 60′.
The embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail below, examples of the embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, and same or similar reference numerals indicate same or similar elements or elements having same or similar functions all the way. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are exemplary, and intended to explain the present disclosure, but should not be understood as a limitation to the present disclosure.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that orientations or positional relationships indicated by the terms “longitudinal”, “lateral”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer” and the like are based on orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings and are only for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation and be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore it cannot be understood as a limitation of the present disclosure.
In the present disclosure, unless otherwise clearly stipulated and limited, terms such as terms “installation”, “in communication with”, “connected”, “fixed” should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be fixed connection, detachable connection, or integrated into one piece; it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or it can be communication with each other; it can be direct connection or indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and it can be communication of interiors of two components or an interaction relationship between two components. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood according to specific circumstances.
A power unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to
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The power unit 100 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure uses the tablet structure 20 to press the power structure 30 against the first side surface of the substrate 10, thereby firmly and reliably mounting of the power structure 30 on the substrate 10.
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In some unshown embodiments, the first holding structure 40 extends towards the substrate 10 and penetrates the tablet structure 20 from top to bottom, in such a manner that the tablet structure 20 is fixed at the first side of the substrate 10. The first holding structure 40 may be a bolt or a similar connecting structure.
In some other unshown embodiments, the tablet structure 20 can also be directly fixed, such as welded, on the substrate 10, while the holding structure 45 is eliminated, thereby facilitating reducing the number of connecting components and thus reducing a weight of the power unit 100.
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In the description of the present disclosure, terms “first” and “second” are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, the features defined with the “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of these features. In addition, unless otherwise specifically defined, “plurality” means at least two, such as two, three, etc.
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Specifically, the first holding structure 40 is perpendicular to the first side surface of the substrate 10, and the first holding structure 40 has a free end far away from the substrate 10, and the first holding structure 40 is sleeved with the second holding structure 50 in a rotatable manner from the side of the tablet structure 20 facing away from the substrate 10, thereby facilitating a quick connection or detachment between the second holding structure 50 and the first holding structure 40.
In some alternative embodiments, the first holding structure 40 is configured as a screw rod having external threads, the second holding structure 50 is configured as a nut having internal threads, and the nut is fitted to the screw rod by screwing, to facilitate installation and disassembly of the tablet structure 20.
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Further, at least a part of the second holding structure 50 is located in the recessed groove of the tablet body 21, and an end surface of the free end of the first holding structure 40 facing away from the substrate 10 (that is, an upper end surface of the first holding structure 40) is also located in the recessed groove, such that a distance between the end surface of the free end of the first holding structure 40 facing away from the substrate 10 and the substrate 10 can be shortened, and a distance between the second holding structure 50 and the substrate 10 can be shortened. Thus, the holding structure 45 is located in the recessed groove of the tablet body 21 as much as possible, which can reduce a dimension of the power unit 100 in a height direction and form a relatively large usable space above the tablet structure 20, thereby facilitating leaving an installation space for other components and thus preventing mutual interference during the installation.
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Further, the first power structure 31 includes a first connecting leg 311, the second power structure 32 includes a second connecting leg 321, the first connecting leg 311 and the second connecting leg 321 are respectively located on opposite outer sides of the first power structure 31 and the second power structure 32, and the tablet body 21 is located between opposite inner sides of the first power structure 31 and the second power structure 32.
Alternatively, an angle between a direction along which the first connecting leg 311 protrudes from the first power structure 31 and a direction along which the second connecting leg 321 protrudes from the second power structure 32 is approximately 180 degrees. That is, pins of the first connecting leg 311 and the second connecting leg 321 are both provided outwards, leaving a middle space between the first power structure 31 and the second power structure 32, which allows the holding structure 45 to fix the tablet structure 20 on the substrate 10 from the middle space.
The pins of the first connecting leg 311 and the second connecting leg 321 each include: a first pin 331, a second pin 332 and a third pin 333. Each of the pins is adapted to be electrically connected to the driving circuit board or a corresponding busbar.
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Further, the plurality of the first power structures 31, the plurality of the tablet structures 20, and the plurality of the second power structures 32 are in one-to-one correspondence in the first direction. A pair of oppositely arranged first power structure 31 and second power structure 32 can be pressed against the substrate 10 by the same tablet structure 20.
In some embodiments, the plurality of the tablet structures 20 may be mutually independent.
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Further, the tablet connecting portion 23 is connected between the tablet bodies 21 of two adjacent tablet structures 20, and a width of the tablet connecting portion 23 may be equal to a width of the tablet body 21.
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Further, the tablet arm 22 may include: a first tablet arm 221 and a second tablet arm 222 that are symmetrically connected to both sides of the tablet body 21. In addition, the tablet bodies 21 of two adjacent ones of the tablet structures 20 are connected to each other through the tablet connecting portion 23.
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In some alternative embodiments, the power unit 100 may further include: a positioning portion for positioning the power structure 30 on the substrate 10, to ensure that a position of the power structure 30 on the substrate 10 is accurate, to prevent the power structure 30 from shaking randomly on the substrate 10.
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Alternatively, the ridge 11 is a continuous annular ridge 11, and the annular ridge 11 matches the outer peripheral surface of the power structure 30.
Alternatively, the ridge 11 corresponding to each power structure 30 is divided into four sections, and the four sections are respectively located on four side surfaces of the rectangular power structure 30, thereby limiting the power structure 30 all around, so that the power structure 30 is better positioned on the substrate 10.
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In some alternative embodiments, the power unit 100 may further include a heat-insulation structure 60′ provided on the first side surface of the substrate 10 in a form of surrounding the power structure 30. The heat-insulation structure 60′ is located between the power structure 30 and the substrate 10, and the heat-insulation structure 60′ can separate the power structure 30 from the substrate 10, to prevent the heat of the power structure 30 from affecting the components under the substrate 10 while preventing heat under the substrate 10 from being transferred upward to the power structure 30.
In some alternative embodiments, the first side surface of the substrate 10 faces towards the busbar.
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A relatively large planar space is formed above the tablet structure 20, leaving an installation space for other components (taking the busbar as an example) while significantly reducing dimensions of the power unit 100 and the busbar assembly in the height direction.
In the description of this specification, the description with reference to terms “an embodiment”, “some embodiments”, “examples”, “specific examples” or “some examples” etc. means that specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiments or the examples are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the described specific features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner. In addition, those skilled in the art can join and combine different embodiments or examples described in this specification.
Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described above, it can be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and cannot be construed as limiting the present disclosure, and those of ordinary skill in the art can make variations, modifications, substitutions, and modifications to the above embodiments within the scope of the present disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202010251552.5 | Apr 2020 | CN | national |
202120366611.3 | Feb 2021 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2021/084897 | 4/1/2021 | WO |