Electric compressor

An electric compressor (16) for compressing a gas, and in particular, an electric compressor (16) for a motor vehicle comprising a compressor wheel (17), an electric motor (18), wherein the compressor wheel (17) can be driven by the electric motor (18), a control unit (1), wherein the electric motor (18) can be controlled by the control unit (1), and a housing (2) having at least one open end (3) for receiving the control unit (1). The housing (2) has at least one recess (4) on the inner circumference at the open end (3) that is designed so as to be open in the direction of the housing interior (5). The control unit (1) can be inserted into the housing (2) in such a way that it closes the open end (3) of the housing (1) and the recess (4) on the inner circumference. 种用于压缩气体的电压缩机(16)，其尤其用于机动车，所述电压缩机包括：压缩机转子(17)；电动机(18)，其中能借助于电动机(18)驱动压缩机转子(17)；控制单元(1)，其中能借助于控制单元(1)控制电动机(18)；和壳体(2)，其中壳体(2)具有至少个敞开的端部(3)，所述敞开的端部用于容纳控制单元(1)，其中壳体(2)在敞开的端部(3)处具有至少个在内环周上的凹部(4)，其中凹部(4)在朝壳体内腔(5)的方向上敞开地构成以及控制单元(1)能插入壳体(2)中，使得所述控制单元封闭壳体(