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1. An electric compressor comprising:
a metal housing; a compressing portion and an electric motor accommodated in the housing; an inverter for driving the electric motor; and
an inverter cover fixed to the housing, the inverter cover accommodates the inverter, whereinthe inverter cover has a metal plate that is arranged to cover the inverter, the metal plate has a bolt insertion hole for fixing the inverter cover to the housing,when the inverter cover is fixed to the housing by a metal bolt having a head and a threaded portion, the threaded portion of the bolt is passed through the bolt insertion hole, and the head of the bolt and the periphery of the bolt insertion hole are electrically connected to each other, andthe inverter cover is formed of plastic by being molded in a mold, using the metal plate as a core, anda sealing member for sealing a space between the housing and the inverter cover, whereinthe sealing member has an end face that faces the housing,the metal plate is exposed from the plastic and has an annular end portion that faces the housing, the end portion having a distal surface, andwhen the inverter cover is fixed to the housing, the sealing member covers part of the end portion of the metal plate, and the distal surface of the end portion of the metal plate protrudes further toward the housing than the end face of the sealing member. |