Vehicle power supply system
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsSatoko Ito, Daijiro Takizawa, Toru Ogaki
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Abstract
A vehicle power supply system includes: a plurality of battery modules each having a plurality of high-voltage batteries; a case for accommodating the plurality of battery modules; and a cooling circuit having a radiator, a cooling pump, a plurality of battery cooling units for cooling the plurality of battery modules, the case being disposed below a floor panel. In the cooling circuit, the plurality of battery module cooling units are disposed in parallel; and a branch portion which is provided to an upstream side of the plurality of battery module cooling units and a merging portion which is provided to a downstream side of the plurality of battery module cooling units are provided inside the case.
Claims4
A vehicle power supply system comprising:
- a plurality of battery modules each having a plurality of high-voltage batteries;
- a case for accommodating the plurality of battery modules;
- and
- a cooling circuit having a radiator, a cooling pump, a plurality of battery cooling units for cooling the plurality of battery modules,
- the case being disposed below a floor panel, wherein:
- the plurality of battery modules include a front battery module which is disposed under a front seat, and at least two rear battery modules which are disposed under a rear seat;
- the front battery module is laid out flat under the front seat;
- the at least two rear battery modules include an upper rear battery module and a lower rear battery module, which are superposed vertically under a front of a seat cushion of a rear seat;
- the front battery module has a battery capacity which is smaller than a total of battery capacities of the at least two rear battery modules;
- the upper rear battery module has a battery capacity which is smaller than that of the lower rear battery module;
- in the cooling circuit,
- the plurality of battery module cooling units are connected in parallel by piping;
- the radiator and the cooling pump are disposed outside the case;
- the plurality of battery module cooling units, the piping, a branch portion which is provided to an upstream side of the plurality of battery module cooling units, and a merging portion which is provided to a downstream side of the plurality of battery module cooling units are provided inside the case;
- and
- a first flow rate control device is disposed at an upstream side or a downstream side of a front battery module cooling unit for cooling the front battery module;
- and a second flow rate control device is disposed at an upstream side or a downstream side of an upper rear battery module cooling unit for cooling the upper rear battery module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.