ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR STRUCTURE AND PROTECTOR FOR ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR

The present invention makes it possible to reduce, by means of a protector of an electric compressor, damage and deformation of a housing of the electric compressor due to an external force transmitted to the housing. [0002] An electric compressor (1) includes: a compression mechanism (2); electrically operated units (3, 4); a housing (10) that houses the compression mechanism (2) and the electrically operated units (3, 4); and a protector (40) that has fixing surface parts (41, 42) to be fixed to the housing (10) and is disposed on the outer side of the housing (10), at a position facing the electrically operated units (3, 4). A deformation inducing part (49, 51-54, 56, 61, 62) that induces deformation when a load acts on the protector (40) from the outside is provided in the protector (40), at a position facing the electrically operated units (3, 4).