Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical device cooling structure in vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 车辆电气设备冷却结构
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Application No.: US11851631Application Date: 2007-09-07
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Publication No.: US07688582B2Publication Date: 2010-03-30
- Inventor: Tomohiro Fukazu , Takeo Nishibori , Kentaro Shibuya , Masao Kawata , Hiroo Yamaguchi , Junya Fujisawa , Atsushi Nakano , Hiroshi Kosaka
- Applicant: Tomohiro Fukazu , Takeo Nishibori , Kentaro Shibuya , Masao Kawata , Hiroo Yamaguchi , Junya Fujisawa , Atsushi Nakano , Hiroshi Kosaka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2006-242488 20060907; JP2006-242489 20060907
- Main IPC: H05K7/20
- IPC: H05K7/20 ; A47C7/72 ; B60N2/02 ; H05K5/00 ; B60K11/00

Abstract:
In a power supply unit disposed below a floor behind a seat, battery modules are disposed in a lower position, and a DC/DC converter and a motor driving inverter are disposed side by side in a vehicle width direction above the battery modules. Thus, cooling air flowing from the front side to the rear side of a vehicle body is divided into upper and lower portions to cool in parallel the DC/DC converter and the motor driving inverter on the upper side and the battery modules on the lower side. Thus, it is possible to simplify a passage of the cooling air to reduce the size of the entire power supply unit, and improve mountability of the power supply unit on the vehicle body. Also, it is possible to apply low temperature cooling air, before heat exchange, to the battery module, the DC/DC converter, and the motor driving inverter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080062622A1 ELECTRICAL DEVICE COOLING STRUCTURE IN VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2008-03-13
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