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An object is to provide an electric supercharging device that has a high degree of freedom in layout and can suppress the generation of heat from an electric motor. The electric supercharging device 1 includes an electric motor 2, a compressor 3 that supercharges intake air for a vehicle engine, a h

An object is to provide an electric supercharging device that has a high degree of freedom in layout and can suppress the generation of heat from an electric motor. The electric supercharging device 1 includes an electric motor 2, a compressor 3 that supercharges intake air for a vehicle engine, a hydraulic accelerator 10 that accelerates the rotation of the electric motor 2 and transmits the rotation to the compressor 3, and rotation speed adjustment controller 4 that controls the rotation speed of the electric motor 2 and an acceleration ratio of the hydraulic accelerator 10 and adjusts the rotation speed of the compressor 3. The hydraulic accelerator 10 includes a variable displacement hydraulic pump 12 that is connected to the electric motor 2 and is driven by the electric motor 2, a variable displacement hydraulic motor 14 that is connected to the compressor 3 and is driven by hydraulic oil supplied from the hydraulic pump 12, and a hydraulic circuit 13 that is formed by the connection between the hydraulic pump 12 and the hydraulic motor 14.

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1. An electric supercharging device that supercharges intake air into an internal combustion engine of a vehicle by rotating a compressor, which is not connected to an exhaust turbine, through a drive of an electric motor, the electric supercharging device comprising: an accelerator that accelerates

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An electric supercharging device that supercharges intake air into an internal combustion engine of a vehicle by rotating a compressor, which is not connected to an exhaust turbine, through a drive of an electric motor, the electric supercharging device comprising: an accelerator that accelerates a rotation of the electric motor and transmitting the rotation to the compressor; wherein the accelerator includes: a variable displacement hydraulic pump that is connected to the electric motor, is driven by the electric motor, and includes a displacement volume;a variable displacement hydraulic motor that is connected to the compressor, is driven by hydraulic oil supplied from the variable displacement hydraulic pump, and includes a displacement volume; anda rotation speed controller that determines a ratio of the displacement volume of the variable displacement hydraulic pump to the displacement volume of the variable displacement hydraulic motor higher than 1 by controlling the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor and adjusts a rotation speed of the variable displacement hydraulic motor higher than a rotation speed of the electric motor;wherein during an acceleration of the vehicle, the rotation speed controller is to control the variable displacement hydraulic pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor to suppress an increase ratio of the rotation speed of the electric motor within a prescribed range and increase an acceleration ratio of the accelerator so as to increase a rotation speed of the compressor. 2. The electric supercharging device according to claim 1, wherein the accelerator further includes a planetary roller type traction drive or a planetary type gear including:a sun roller or a sun gear that is connected to a rotating shaft of the compressor;a plurality of planetary rollers or planetary gears that are disposed along the outer periphery of the sun roller or the sun gear and come into contact with the sun roller or the sun gear;a carrier that supports the plurality of the planetary rollers or the planetary gears so as to allow the plurality of the planetary rollers or the planetary gears to freely rotate and revolve;an annular ring roller that is disposed outside the plurality of the planetary rollers or the planetary gears and comes into contact with the plurality of the planetary rollers or the planetary gears; andan output shaft of the variable displacement hydraulic motor is connected to any one of the carrier and the ring roller. 3. The electric supercharging device according to claim 2, wherein the variable displacement hydraulic pump includes: a plurality of hydraulic chambers that are surrounded by a plurality of cylinders and pistons sliding in the plurality of the cylinders;a cam that has a cam curved surface engaged with the pistons;high-pressure valves that open and close high-pressure oil flow passages of a respective hydraulic circuits connected to the respective hydraulic chambers; andlow-pressure valves that open and close low-pressure oil flow passages of the respective hydraulic circuits connected to the respective hydraulic chambers; wherein the plurality of the cylinders are continuously disposed in an annular shape around a rotating shaft of the variable displacement hydraulic pump; andwherein the cam is formed of an annular ring cam having a wavy cam curved surface on which a plurality of concave portions and convex portions are alternately formed side by side. 4. The electric supercharging device according to claim 3, wherein the variable displacement hydraulic motor includes: a plurality of hydraulic chambers that are surrounded by a plurality of cylinders and pistons sliding in the plurality of the cylinders;a cam that has a cam curved surface engaged with the pistons;high-pressure valves that open and close high-pressure oil flow passages of the respective hydraulic circuits connected to the respective hydraulic chambers; andlow-pressure valves that open and close low-pressure oil flow passages of the respective hydraulic circuits connected to the respective hydraulic chambers, wherein the plurality of the cylinders are continuously disposed in an annular shape around a rotating shaft of the variable displacement hydraulic motor; andwherein the cam is formed of an eccentric cam that is provided to be eccentric from an axis of a rotating shaft of the variable displacement hydraulic motor. 5. The electric supercharging device according to claim 2, wherein the variable displacement hydraulic motor includes: a plurality of hydraulic chambers that are surrounded by a plurality of cylinders and pistons sliding in the plurality of the cylinders;a cam that has a cam curved surface engaged with the pistons;high-pressure valves that open and close high-pressure oil flow passages of the respective hydraulic circuits connected to the respective hydraulic chambers; andlow-pressure valves that open and close low-pressure oil flow passages of the respective hydraulic circuits connected to the respective hydraulic chambers; wherein the plurality of the cylinders are continuously disposed in an annular shape around a rotating shaft of the variable displacement hydraulic motor; andwherein the cam is formed of an eccentric cam that is provided to be eccentric from an axis of a rotating shaft of the variable displacement hydraulic motor. 6. The electric supercharging device according to claim 1, wherein the variable displacement hydraulic pump includes: a plurality of hydraulic chambers that are surrounded by a plurality of cylinders and pistons sliding in the plurality of the cylinders;a cam that has a cam curved surface engaged with the pistons;high-pressure valves that open and close high-pressure oil flow passages of a respective hydraulic circuits connected to the respective hydraulic chambers; andlow-pressure valves that open and close low-pressure oil flow passages of the respective hydraulic circuits connected to the respective hydraulic chambers;wherein the plurality of the cylinders are continuously disposed in an annular shape around a rotating shaft of the variable displacement hydraulic pump; andwherein the cam is formed of an annular ring cam having a wavy cam curved surface on which a plurality of concave portions and convex portions are alternately formed side by side. 7. The electric supercharging device according to claim 1, wherein, after the rotation speed of the compressor reaches at a prescribed rotation speed during the acceleration of the vehicle, the rotation speed controller is to control the variable displacement hydraulic pump and the variable displacement hydraulic motor to increase the rotation speed of the electric motor and reduce the acceleration ratio of the accelerator so as to maintain the rotation speed of the compressor.