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US 11,909,012 B2Granted
High-voltage apparatus and vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuto Yamane, Yoshimichi Tsubata, Tomohiro Higaki, Hiroshi Kosaka
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Abstract
A high-voltage apparatus includes a battery unit, a case that includes a circumferential wall section in which a cable insertion port that opens sideways is formed and that is configured to accommodate the battery unit, and a water detection sensor that is disposed at a portion located adjacent to the circumferential wall section below the cable insertion port inside the case and that is configured to detect water that has entered the case.
Claims9
A high-voltage apparatus comprising:
- a battery unit;
- a case that includes a lid section, an accommodating section, and a wall section disposed between the lid section and the accommodating section,
- wherein the accommodating section is located to collect liquid that has entered the case,
- wherein the wall section comprises an opening section that opens into the case,
- wherein the wall section is configured to accommodate the battery unit, and
- wherein the opening section opens, between the lid section and the accommodating section, in a direction towards the lid section or wherein the opening section opens, between the lid section and the accommodating section, in a direction initially inward into the accommodating section or outward from the accommodating section;
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- a liquid detection sensor that is configured to detect liquid that enters the case,
- wherein the liquid detection sensor is disposed at a sensor portion of the case located adjacent to the wall section and below the opening section inside the case, and
- wherein a cable extending from the liquid detection sensor slackens first downward from the liquid detection sensor, towards the accommodating section, and then extends upward towards the lid section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.