阅读说明：本技术 电气装置模块 (Electric device module ) 是由 比嘉保志 畠山幸子 菅原有理 真砂秀基 于 2019-01-25 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及的电气装置模块(200)包括：控制部,其进行空调机的控制；固定板(210),其以正面(211a)朝向检修面板的方向的方式配置,且搭载有控制部；冷却器(300),在其与固定板(210)的背面(211b)之间夹着冷媒管道(30L)道而配置,且安装于冷媒管道(30L)的一部分；第1框架(220),其安装于固定板(210)的一端部；以及第2框架(230),其安装于固定板(210)的另一端部。控制部包括搭载有功率器件(274)的印刷基板(360),功率器件(274)与冷却器(300)热结合,冷却器(300)安装成跨在第1框架(230)和第2框架(230)之间。(The electrical device module (200) according to the present invention comprises: a control unit for controlling the air conditioner; a fixed plate (210) which is configured in a manner that the front surface (211a) faces the direction of the access panel and is provided with a control part; a cooler (300) which is disposed so as to sandwich a refrigerant duct (30L) between the cooler and the back surface (211b) of the fixed plate (210), and which is attached to a part of the refrigerant duct (30L); a1 st frame (220) attached to one end of the fixed plate (210); and a2 nd frame (230) mounted on the other end of the fixed plate (210). The control unit includes a printed circuit board (360) on which a power device (274) is mounted, the power device (274) being thermally coupled to a cooler (300), the cooler (300) being mounted so as to straddle between a1 st frame (230) and a2 nd frame (230).)

1. An electric device module, wherein an inspection panel is disposed on a front surface of an outdoor unit of an air conditioner having a refrigerant pipe, the electric device module is mounted in a machine room provided on an inner side of the inspection panel, the electric device module comprising:

a control unit for controlling the air conditioner;

a fixed plate which is arranged in a direction in which a front surface faces the access panel and on which the control unit is mounted;

a cooler disposed between the fixed plate and the rear surface of the fixed plate with the refrigerant pipe interposed therebetween, and attached to a part of the refrigerant pipe;

a1 st frame attached to one end of the fixed plate; and

a2 nd frame installed at the other end of the fixed plate,

the control unit includes a printed circuit board on which a power device is mounted,

the power device is thermally coupled to the cooler,

the cooler is installed to span between the 1 st frame and the 2 nd frame.

2. The electrical device module of claim 1,

the fixing plate is provided with an opening or a notch for thermally bonding the power device of the printed circuit board and the cooler.

3. The electrical device module of claim 1 or 2,

the printed substrate includes: a main board on which an electronic component constituting a part of the control unit is mounted on a front surface thereof; and a power board on which an electronic component including a plurality of the power devices constituting the rest of the control unit is mounted on a front surface thereof,

the fixing plate is mounted with the main substrate and the power substrate such that a back surface of the main substrate faces a front surface of the fixing plate and a back surface of the power substrate faces a back surface of the fixing plate, and the fixing plate is mounted in the machine room such that the front surface of the main substrate faces the access panel,

a plurality of the power devices arranged longitudinally on the front surface of the power substrate and thermally coupled to the cooler,

the fixing plate is disposed so that a direction connecting the one end portion and the other end portion is along a vertical direction,

the power board is configured such that a vertical dimension of the power board corresponds to a vertical dimension of the plurality of power devices arranged in the vertical direction,

the main substrate is set such that a vertical dimension of the main substrate corresponds to the vertical dimension of the power substrate.

4. Electrical device module as in any of the claims 1 to 3,

a partition plate for partitioning a heat exchanger chamber and the machine chamber is installed in the outdoor unit,

one end of the 1 st frame and one end of the 2 nd frame are mounted to the partition, and the other end of the 1 st frame and the other end of the 2 nd frame are mounted to the cooler.

5. The electrical device module of claim 4,

the power device is located between the other end of the 1 st frame and the other end of the 2 nd frame.

6. The electrical device module of any one of claims 1 to 5,

the cooler includes a radiator thermally coupled to the plurality of power devices, and a cover for attaching the radiator to a part of the refrigerant pipe.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an electric device module, wherein an inspection panel is arranged on the front surface of an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, and the electric device module is installed in a machine room arranged on the inner side of the inspection panel.

Background

As shown in fig. 13, a general air conditioner includes an outdoor unit 10 installed outdoors and an indoor unit 20 installed indoors. The outdoor unit 10 and the indoor units 20 are connected by refrigerant pipes 30 to constitute a vapor compression refrigeration cycle.

The outdoor unit 10 includes an outdoor heat exchanger 11 for exchanging heat between outdoor air and a refrigerant, a blower 11F, a compressor 12 for compressing the refrigerant, an oil separator 13 for separating lubricating oil from a mixed fluid of the lubricating oil and the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 12, an expansion valve 14 for expanding the refrigerant flowing thereinto to reduce the pressure thereof to a predetermined pressure, a liquid reservoir 15 for gas-liquid separating the refrigerant flowing thereinto, and a four-way valve 16 for switching between a heating operation and a cooling operation. The indoor unit 20 is provided with an indoor heat exchanger 21 that exchanges heat between indoor air and a refrigerant, a blower 21F, and the like. The refrigerant pipe 30 connects the outdoor heat exchanger 11, the compressor 12, the oil separator 13, the expansion valve 14, the accumulator 15, the four-way valve 16, and the indoor heat exchanger 21. The refrigerant duct 30 includes a liquid-side refrigerant duct 30L and a gas-side refrigerant duct 30G.

As shown in fig. 14, in the outdoor unit 10, the inside of the casing 17 is partitioned into the heat exchanger chamber 10A and the machine chamber 10B by the partition plate 171 in the left-right direction. The heat exchanger chamber 10A is provided with the outdoor heat exchanger 11 and the blower fan 11F. The machine chamber 10B houses the compressor 12, the oil separator 13, the expansion valve 14, the accumulator 15, the four-way valve 16, and the like, and by removing an unillustrated access panel on the front surface of the housing 17, these components can be visually checked from the outside as shown in fig. 14.

The machine room 10B is also provided with an electric device module 40 at a substantially middle position in the vertical direction. The electric device module 40 is a module in which a control circuit for controlling the operation of the entire air conditioner, a setting circuit for performing various settings of the air conditioner, a display circuit for displaying the state of the air conditioner, a conversion circuit for converting an ac power supplied from the outside into a dc power and outputting the dc power, an inverter circuit for converting the dc power output from the conversion circuit into an ac power and outputting the ac power, and other circuits are mounted, and a plurality of electronic components for realizing these circuits are mounted on the printed board 41. The printed circuit board 41 is configured as one piece so that a duct space can be secured on the back side of the machine chamber 10B.

Fig. 15 shows a front view of the electrical device module 40. The printed board 41 is mounted in the machine chamber 10B in an upright posture. The printed board 41 is partitioned into a weak current region 41A and a strong current region 41B in the vertical direction.

The weak current region 41A carries: an electronic component such as a microprocessor constituting a part of the control circuit, an electronic component for operation such as a button 41a1 constituting a setting circuit and a low power connector 41a2 for inserting and extracting a plug, and a low current electronic component such as an LED41A3 constituting a display circuit. The high-voltage region 41B is mounted with a plurality of high-voltage electronic components for performing power conversion, which constitute the rest of the control circuit, for example, components such as an IC of the converter circuit, a power device 41B1 such as an IC of the inverter circuit, a large-capacity electrolytic capacitor 41B2 for smoothing, and a high-power connector 41B 3.

The strong electric region 41B is also provided with a cooler 50 for cooling heat generated by the power device 41B 1. The cooler 50 includes a heat sink, not shown, having a shape that can be attached to the liquid-side refrigerant pipe 30L of the refrigerant pipe 30. The heat sink is disposed so that the front surface side of the printed circuit board 41 thermally coupled to the heat sink for transmitting the heat generated by the power device 41B1 is directed to the repair panel side, not shown. In the liquid-side refrigerant pipe 30L, the refrigerant condensed by the exterior heat exchanger 11 flows during the cooling operation, and the refrigerant condensed by the interior heat exchanger 21 and decompressed by the expansion valve 14 flows during the heating operation, and thus the heat sink of the refrigerant temperature cooler 50 is cooled, so that the temperature of the power device 41B1 is kept at a predetermined value or less. The air conditioner described above is disclosed in patent document 1.

Patent document 1 Japanese patent No. 5472364

Disclosure of Invention

However, in the outdoor unit 10 described above, since the cooler 50 is disposed on the front surface side of the printed circuit board 41 and the front surface side of the printed circuit board 41 faces the access panel side for entering the interior, it is necessary to perform an operation of removing the refrigerant pipe 30 and the radiator from the front surface of the printed circuit board 41 when performing maintenance such as exchange of the printed circuit board 41. Therefore, there is an inconvenience that skill is required in the maintenance work of the printed board 41. In the above-described electric device module 40, since the cooler 50 is supported by the printed circuit board 41, there is a problem that the mechanical strength of the support structure for the printed circuit board 41 against vibration or the like is low.

The disclosed technology has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an electric device module in which the printed circuit board can be easily repaired without removing the cooler, and the mechanical strength of the supporting structure of the printed circuit board can be improved with a simple structure.

One embodiment of an electrical device module according to the present invention is: an access panel is arranged on the front surface of an outdoor unit of an air conditioner with a refrigerant pipeline, an electric device module is arranged in a mechanical chamber arranged on the inner side of the access panel, and the electric device module comprises: a control unit for controlling the air conditioner; a fixed plate which is configured in a way that the front surface faces the direction of the maintenance panel and is provided with a control part; a cooler disposed between the fixed plate and the back surface of the fixed plate with a refrigerant pipe therebetween, and attached to a part of the refrigerant pipe; a1 st frame mounted on one end of the fixed plate; and a2 nd frame mounted on the other end of the fixing plate, wherein the control unit includes a printed circuit board on which the power device is mounted, the power device is thermally coupled to a cooler, and the cooler is mounted so as to straddle between the 1 st frame and the 2 nd frame.

According to one aspect of the electric device module disclosed in the present invention, the printed circuit board can be easily repaired without removing the cooler, and the mechanical strength of the support structure for the printed circuit board can be improved with a simple structure.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing an outdoor unit according to an embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an outdoor unit with an access panel removed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the outdoor unit showing a state where the electric device module is detached from the machine room.

Fig. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical device module and cooler.

Fig. 5 is an explanatory view for explaining the mounting of the upper frame and the lower frame to the bulkhead.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the electrical device module.

Fig. 7 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken along line a-a of fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the outdoor unit with the top panel removed.

Fig. 9 is a right side view of the outdoor unit with the right side panel removed.

Fig. 10 is a front view of the main substrate.

Fig. 11 is a front view of the power substrate.

Fig. 12 is a perspective view showing a modification of the electric device module according to the embodiment.

Fig. 13 is a circuit diagram of a refrigerant circuit of the air conditioner.

Fig. 14 is a front view of the conventional outdoor unit with an access panel removed.

Fig. 15 is a front view showing a conventional electric device module.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, embodiments of the electric device module disclosed in the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the electric device module disclosed in the present application is not limited to the following embodiments. Fig. 1 to 3, 8 and 9 show an outdoor unit 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The casing 110 of the outdoor unit 100 includes a front panel 111, an access panel 112 on the right side of the front panel 111, a right side panel 113, a left side panel 114, a top panel 115, a rear panel 116, and a bottom panel 117. The base panel 117 is mounted with a base 118. The internal space of the casing 110 is partitioned in the left-right direction by a partition 119 such that the heat exchanger chamber 110A is provided on the back side of the front panel 111 and the machine chamber 110B is provided on the back side of the access panel 112. The partition 119 forms a part of the wall surface of the machine chamber 110B. The outdoor heat exchanger 11 and the fan 11F are disposed in the heat exchanger chamber 110A. The machine chamber 110B accommodates the refrigerant pipe 30, the compressor 12, the expansion valve 14, the accumulator 15, the sub-accumulator 15A, the four-way valve 16, and the like. The internal space of the machine room 110B can be visually confirmed from the front side of the outdoor unit 100 by removing the access panel 112.

As shown in fig. 4 to 9, the electrical device module 200 includes: a fixing plate 210 disposed in the machine chamber 110B such that a front surface thereof faces a rear surface of the access panel 112; an elongated upper frame 220 as a1 st frame attached to an upper portion, which is one end portion of the fixed plate 210; an elongated lower frame 230 as a2 nd frame attached to the other end portion, i.e., the lower portion of the fixed plate 210; a mount 240 for mounting the upper frame 220 on the partition 119; a mount 250 for mounting the lower frame 230 on the partition 119; a main board 260 on which electronic components and other electronic components constituting a part of a control circuit as a control unit are mounted; and a power board 270 on which electronic components constituting the rest of the control circuit, other electronic components, and a plurality of power devices 274 to be described later are mounted.

As described above, the printed board of the electric device module 200 is divided into the main board 260 and the power board 270, and the main board 260 as the printed board is mounted on the fixed plate 210 such that the rear surface 260b, which will be described later, faces the front surface 211a, which will be described later, of the fixed plate 210. The power board 270 as a printed board is mounted on the fixed plate 210 such that a rear surface 270b thereof, which will be described later, faces a rear surface 211b of the fixed plate 210, which will be described later. That is, the fixing plate 210 is disposed such that the front surface 211a of the fixing plate 210 faces the direction of the access panel 112. The fixing plate 210 is disposed along the vertical direction of the machine chamber 110B in a direction connecting the upper portion and the lower portion of the fixing plate 210.

The electric device module 200 further includes a cooler 300 disposed on a part of the refrigerant pipe 30L with the refrigerant pipe 30L interposed between the cooler 300 and the rear surface 211b of the fixing plate 201. The cooler 300 is mounted on the upper frame 220 and the lower frame 230 so as to straddle the upper frame 220 and the lower frame 230 with the U-shaped bent portion 31 of the refrigerant pipe 30L being mounted as described later.

The fixing plate 210 includes: a main body portion 211 having a main board 260 mounted on a front surface 211a and a power board 270 mounted on a rear surface 211 b; a reinforcing upper cross piece 212 bent at 90 degrees from the upper end of the body 211 toward the rear surface 211 b; and an upper vertical piece 213 for mounting bent upward at 90 degrees from the rear end of the upper horizontal piece 212. Further, the fixing plate 210 includes: a reinforcing lower cross piece 214 bent at 90 degrees from the lower end of the body 211 toward the front 211 a; and a lower longitudinal piece 215 bent downward at 90 degrees from the tip of the lower lateral piece 214. Mounting portions 215a protruding downward are formed at both ends of the lower vertical piece 215.

The upper frame 220 includes: a vertical piece 221 screwed to the upper vertical piece 213 of the fixing plate 210; a reinforcing upper cross piece 222 bent at 90 degrees rearward from the upper end of the longitudinal piece 221; and a mounting piece 223 bent 45 degrees forward from the left end of the vertical piece 211. An upper end portion of the cooler 300 is mounted to an end portion 224 of the upper frame 220.

The lower frame 230 includes: a lower longitudinal piece 231 screwed to the lower longitudinal piece 215 of the fixing plate 210; an upper horizontal piece 232 bent from the upper end of the lower vertical piece 231 toward the rear by 90 degrees; a reinforcing upper longitudinal piece 233 bent upward at 90 degrees from the rear end of the upper transverse piece 232; and a mounting piece 234 bent 45 degrees forward from the left end of the lower longitudinal piece 231. Terminal plate 400 is attached to the front side of lower vertical piece 231. The lower end of the cooler 300 is mounted at the end 235 of the lower frame 230.

The cooler 300 includes: a heat sink 310 made of aluminum, which is thermally coupled to a plurality of power devices 274, which will be described later, mounted on the front surface 270a of the power substrate 270; a U-shaped bent portion 31 of the liquid-side refrigerant pipe 30L fitted into 2 grooves 311 formed in the radiator 310 and having a semicircular cross section; and a cover 320 made of a metal plate for fixing the U-shaped bent portion 31 to the heat sink 310. The heat sink 310 includes: a thick plate portion 312 to which the power device 274 is pressed to be thermally bonded to the thick plate portion 312; and cover mounting portions 313, 314 formed at both sides of the thick plate portion 312. The cover 320 includes: a central pressing portion 321 that presses the U-shaped bent portion 31 of the liquid-side refrigerant tube 30L; a hook portion 322 bent from one end of the pressing portion 321; and a mounting portion 323 that is bent from the other end of the pressing portion 321 so as to face the hook portion 322.

As described above, the electronic components constituting a part of the control circuit and other electronic components are mounted on the front surface 260a of the main board 260. That is, as shown in fig. 10, the main board 260 has mounted on its front surface 260 a: an AC input current detection/temperature detection circuit 261; an actuator drive circuit 262 that drives the expansion valve 14 and the four-way valve 16; a display setting circuit 263 including an LED lamp 263a as a display device, and DIP (Dual In-line Package) switches 263b and push-button switches 263c as operation portions; a main control IC264 which is a microprocessor or the like; an EMC (ElectroMagnetic compatibility) filter circuit 265 for dealing with external noise and spontaneous noise, which includes a Common Mode Choke Coil 254a and a capacitor 265 b; a switching power supply circuit 266 having a switching transformer 266a and a switching IC266 b; a magnetizing inrush current control circuit 267; and a plurality of connectors 268 disposed in the peripheral portion. Reference numeral 260b denotes a back surface of the main board 260. The main substrate 260 is formed in a quadrangular shape having an upper end 260c, a lower end 260d, a left end 260e, and a right end 260 f. The main board 260 is mounted on the front surface 211a of the main body 211 of the fixing plate 210 such that the rear surface 260b faces the front surface 211 a.

As described above, the front surface 270a of the power substrate 270 is mounted with electronic components including a plurality of power devices 274, which will be described later, constituting the rest of the control circuit. That is, as shown in fig. 11, there are mounted: a rectifying diode bridge circuit 271 a; 2 IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) elements 271b in which a MOSFET (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-effect Transistor) is embedded in a Gate portion of a Bipolar Transistor to reduce an operating impedance; 2 FRD (Fast Recovery Diode) elements 271c for high-speed operation; 2 PFC (power factor Correction) coils 271d for power factor improvement; 2 aluminum electrolytic capacitors 271e for high power smoothing, and the like. These diode bridge circuit 271a, IGBT element 271b, FRD element 271c, PFC coil 271d, electrolytic capacitor 271e, and the like constitute a conversion circuit 271 that converts and outputs an alternating current supplied from the outside. Further, an IPM (Intelligent Power Module) element 272 and an inverter control IC273, which are provided with a driver circuit and a self-protection function and constitute an inverter circuit for converting dc Power supplied from the converter circuit 271 into ac Power and outputting the ac Power, are mounted. Reference numeral 270b denotes a back surface of the power substrate 270. The power substrate 270 is formed in a square shape having an upper end 270c, a lower end 270d, a left end 270e, and a right end 270 f. The diode bridge circuit 271a, the IGBT element 271b, the FRD element 271c, the IPM element 272, and the like are all power devices 274 that generate large heat, and are mounted in the vicinity of the left end 270e in a vertically aligned manner so as to be easily cooled by the cooler 300. The power board 270 is mounted on the rear surface 211b such that the rear surface 270b faces the rear surface 211b of the main body 211 of the fixed plate 210. The cooler 300 faces and abuts against the plurality of power devices 274.

The vertical dimension of the power board 270 is set according to the dimension of the plurality of power devices 274 arranged in the vertical direction, and the PFC coil 271d, the electrolytic capacitor 271e, the inverter control IC273, and the like are arranged so as to be able to be included in the dimension. Thus, the vertical dimension of the power substrate 270 is set to be slightly larger in accordance with the vertical dimension of the plurality of power devices 274 arranged in the vertical direction. The vertical dimension of the main board 260 is set to be substantially equal to the vertical dimension of the power board 270, and the AC input current detection/temperature detection circuit 261, the actuator drive circuit 262, the display setting circuit 263, the main control IC264, the EMC filter circuit 265, the switching power supply circuit 266, the magnetizing inrush current control circuit 267, the connector 268, and the like are mounted so as to be able to be accommodated in the dimensions. The IGBT element 271b may be replaced with a MOSFET.

The electronic components mounted on main board 260 and power board 270 described above are merely an example, and may be modified within a range not departing from the spirit of the present invention. The electronic components mounted on main board 260 are weak-current electronic components that operate at a low voltage, and the electronic components mounted on power board 270 are strong-current electronic components that operate at a high voltage. The high-voltage electronic component generates a larger amount of heat than the low-voltage electronic component, and generates a larger amount of noise.

In order to dispose the electric device module 200 in the machine chamber 110B of the outdoor unit 100, it is necessary to attach the mount 240 having the inclined surface 241 and the mount 250 having the inclined surface 251 to the partition 119 in advance. Then, as shown in fig. 5, the mounting piece 223 of the upper frame 220 is screwed to the inclined surface 241 of the mounting seat 240, and the mounting piece 234 of the lower frame 230 is screwed to the inclined surface 251 of the mounting seat 250. Thereby, the upper frame 220 and the lower frame 230 are mounted on the partition 119 in a cantilever-supported state and in a posture along the lateral direction.

Next, as shown in fig. 6, the radiator 310 of the cooler 300 is mounted by bolts B1 and B2 so as to straddle between the end 224 of the vertical piece 221 of the upper frame 220 and the end 235 of the upper vertical piece 233 of the lower frame 230. As shown in fig. 7, after the U-shaped bent portion 31 of the refrigerant pipe 30L is pressed against the groove 311 of the heat sink 310, the hook portion 322 of the cover 320 is engaged with one cover attachment portion 313 of the heat sink 310, the pressing portion 323 is pressed against the other cover attachment portion 314 of the heat sink 310, and the pressing portion 323 is fixed to the cover attachment portion 314 by bolts B3 and B4. This operation is performed in a state where the rear panel 116 of the outdoor unit 100 is detached. Thereby, the cooler 300 is installed to straddle between the end 224 of the upper frame 220 and the end 235 of the lower frame 230 with the thick plate portion 312 of the radiator 310 facing the direction of the service panel 112.

Main board 260 is mounted on front surface 211a of main body 211 of fixed plate 210, and power board 260 is mounted on rear surface 211 b. The fixing plate 210 on which the main board 260 and the power board 270 are mounted is attached by bolts B5 and B6 such that the upper vertical piece 213 is joined to the vertical piece 221 of the upper frame 220 and the lower vertical piece 215 is joined to the lower vertical piece 231 of the lower frame 230. At this time, the mounting piece 223 of the upper frame 220 is mounted on the partition 119 by the mounting seat 240 and the mounting piece 234 of the lower frame 230 by the mounting seat 250, and the other end 224 of the upper frame 220 and the other end 235 of the lower frame 230 are fixed to the U-shaped bent portion 31 of the liquid-side refrigerant pipe 30L by the cooler 300, whereby the fixing plate 210 is firmly fixed. Further, the plurality of power devices 274 of the power substrate 270 are pressed facing the thick plate part 312 of the heat sink 310 of the cooler 300, where thermal bonding is performed. Therefore, after the air conditioner starts operating, the heat generated by the power device 274 is cooled by the cooler 300. If the thick plate portion 312 of the heat sink 310 is coated with a heat radiation lubricating oil having high thermal conductivity, thermal bonding can be performed more favorably. After the electrical device module 200 is mounted in the machine room 110B as described above, a plug is connected to the connector 263 of the main board 260 of the electrical device module 200, a desired wiring is connected to the plug, and another desired wiring is connected to the terminal board 400.

The electric device module 200 described above includes 2 printed boards, i.e., the main board 260 and the power board 270, but may be configured to include only 1 printed board. Fig. 12 is a perspective view showing a modification of the electrical device module 200 according to the embodiment.

As shown in fig. 12, 1 printed board 360 is mounted on the fixed plate 210 such that the front surface 360a of the printed board 360 faces the access panel 112 (see fig. 8) and the rear surface 360b of the printed board 360 faces the front surface 211a of the fixed plate 210, on the front surface 211a of the fixed plate 210. As the printed board 360, the printed board 360 of the modification is configured by combining 1 block of a main board 260 having an electronic component constituting a part of the control circuit mounted on a front surface 260a thereof and a power board 270 having an electronic component including a plurality of power devices 274 constituting the remaining part of the control circuit mounted on a front surface 270a thereof. The printed substrate 360 is formed in a square shape and has an upper end 260c, a lower end 260d, a left end 260e, and a right end 260 f.

In the printed substrate 360, the plurality of power devices 274 are disposed on at least one of the front surface 360a and the back surface 360 b. When the power device 274 is disposed on the front surface 360a of the printed board 360, the power device 274 protrudes toward the rear surface 360b of the printed board 360 through a through hole (not shown) of the printed board 360.

In the fixed plate 210, openings 216 for thermally coupling the plurality of power devices 274 mounted on the printed board 360 and the cooler 300 are provided at positions facing the power devices 274. The power device 274 mounted on the printed substrate 360 of the fixing plate 210 contacts the thick plate portion 312 of the heat sink 310 of the cooler 300 through the opening 216.

Instead of the opening 216, a notch (not shown) for allowing the power device 274 of the printed circuit board 360 to pass therethrough may be formed in the outer peripheral portion of the fixed plate 210. The fixing plate 210 is not limited to the structure having the opening 216 and the cutout portion, and the power device 274 of the printed board 360 may be arranged on the outer peripheral side of the fixing plate 210 and may be thermally coupled to the cooler 300 across the outer peripheral portion of the fixing plate 210.

The electrical device module 200 of the present embodiment described above includes; a fixed plate 210 on which a control circuit is mounted and which is disposed such that a front surface 211a faces the direction of the access panel 112; and a cooler 300 disposed between the rear surface 211b of the fixed plate 210 and the refrigerant pipe 30L, and attached to a part of the refrigerant pipe 30L. Thus, when the printed circuit board 360 (or the main circuit board 260 and the power circuit board 270) of the control circuit is maintained, the maintenance of the printed circuit board 360 (or the main circuit board 260 and the power circuit board 270) can be easily performed without removing the cooler 300 from the machine chamber 110B. Further, the electrical device module 200 includes: an elongated upper frame 220 for mounting the upper portion of the fixing plate 210 to the machine room 110B; and a lower frame 230 of a long shape for mounting a lower portion of the fixing plate 210 to the machine room 110B, the cooler 300 being installed to straddle between the upper frame 220 and the lower frame 230. Accordingly, since the upper frame 220 and the lower frame 230 are coupled to each other by the fixing plate 210 and the upper frame 220 and the lower frame 230 are coupled to each other by the cooler 300, the mechanical strength of the support structure of the main substrate 260, the power substrate 270, and the printed circuit board 360 supported by the fixing plate 210, the upper frame 220, and the lower frame 230 can be improved with a simple structure. That is, in the electric device module 200, the cooler 300 can be used as a part of the support structure of the main board 260, the power board 270, and the printed board 360, and therefore, the support structure can be simplified.

In the outdoor unit 100, when only 1 printed circuit board 360 is applied (fig. 12), the weak electric components are disposed in the weak electric region and the strong electric components are disposed in the strong electric region in the vertical direction of 1 printed circuit board 360. As described above, when the low-voltage electronic component and the high-voltage electronic component are mounted in parallel on the printed board 360 in the upward direction, the dimension of the printed board 360 in the vertical direction increases. Therefore, the printed circuit board 360 described above is difficult to be applied to an outdoor unit having a small upper and lower space margin of the machine room. Therefore, it is preferable that the printed substrate 360 is divided into 2 pieces and the 2 printed substrates (the main substrate 260 and the power substrate 270) are mounted on the front surface 211a and the rear surface 211b of the fixing plate 210, respectively. However, when the vertical dimensions of the main board 260 and the power board 270 are different from each other, there is a disadvantage in that the printed board 360 is divided into 2 pieces.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, main board 260 and power board 270 are mounted on fixed board 210 with their back surfaces facing each other, with fixed board 210 mounted in machine chamber 110B interposed therebetween. Therefore, the vertical dimensions of the main board 260 and the power board 270 can be significantly reduced compared to the vertical dimensions of the printed boards when the main board 260 and the power board 270 are arranged in parallel in the vertical direction to form 1 block, and the present invention can be effectively applied to an outdoor unit having a casing with a small amount of space left in the vertical direction.

At this time, the vertical dimension of the power board 270 is set to a dimension corresponding to the vertical arrangement dimension of the plurality of power devices 274, the main board 260 is also set to be the same or substantially the same as the vertical dimension, and then the electronic components other than the plurality of power devices 274 are allocated and mounted on the main board 260 and the power board 270, whereby the vertical dimension of the main board 260 and the power board 270 can be reduced.

The lower vertical piece 231 of the lower frame 230 protrudes to the front side of the fixing plate 210 due to the upper horizontal piece 232, and the terminal plate 400 is attached to the front side 231a of the lower vertical piece 231. Therefore, the terminal plate 400 protrudes forward to easily reach the terminal plate 400, and a wide space SP can be secured on the back surface 231b of the lower vertical piece 231, so that the lower frame 230 does not interfere with a duct or the like disposed in the space SP.

Further, although power devices 274 mounted on power board 270 are thermally coupled to cooler 300 on rear surface 211b of fixed plate 210, they are simply pressed against cooler 300. Therefore, by loosening bolts B5 and B6, fixing plate 210, main board 260, and power board 270 can be removed as a unit from the front surface of machine room 110B without being obstructed by cooler 300, thereby facilitating maintenance of main board 260 and power board 270.

The main board 260 has a display setting circuit 261 including an LED lamp 261a, a DIP switch 261b, a button switch 261c, and the like, and a plurality of connectors 263 mounted on a front surface 260a thereof. Therefore, when the inspection panel 112 is detached from the outdoor unit 100, the operation content of the air conditioner can be confirmed by the display content of the LED lamp 261a, the setting content can be changed by operating the DIP switch 261a, the push button switch 261c, and the like, and the circuit connection and the like can be easily switched by inserting and extracting a plug into the connector 263.

Description of the symbols

30L: liquid-side refrigerant pipe, 31: u-shaped bending part

100: outdoor unit, 110: housing, 110A: heat exchanger chamber, 110B: machine chamber, 111: front panel, 112: maintenance panel, 113: right side panel, 114: left side panel, 115: top panel, 116: rear panel, 117: the following panels, 118: base, 119: partition board

200: electric device module

210: fixing plate, 211: main body portion, 211 a: front side, 211 b: back surface, 212: upper horizontal piece, 213: upper longitudinal piece, 214: lower cross piece, 215: lower longitudinal piece, 216: opening of the container

220: upper frame, 221: longitudinal pieces, 222: horizontal piece, 223: mounting piece

230: lower frame, 231: lower longitudinal piece, 232: upper horizontal piece, 233: upper longitudinal piece, 234: mounting piece

240; mounting seat

250 of (a); mounting seat

260: main substrate, 260 a: front side, 260 b: back side of the panel

270: power substrate, 270 a: front side, 270 b: back, 274: power device

300: cooler, 310: heat sink, 320: cover

360: printed circuit board

400: terminal board