Vehicle cooling device
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsNariyuki Yoshinaga, Kanae Okuma, Takahiro Koizumi, Yasutomo Kimura
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Abstract
This vehicle cooling device includes a duct communicating with a heating element disposed in a vehicle, an opening provided in the duct, positioned below a seat surface part of a seat disposed above a floor panel, and opening to a passenger compartment, and a fan supplying air suctioned into the duct from the opening to the heating element, in which the opening is positioned on a vehicle-body rear side with respect to a seat fixing part on a vehicle-body front side among seat fixing parts for fixing the seat to the floor panel in a state in which it is disposed on a vehicle-body rear side of a front end of the seat surface part.
Claims5
A vehicle cooling device comprising:
- a duct communicating with a heating element disposed in a vehicle;
- an opening provided in the duct, positioned below a seat surface part of a seat disposed above a floor panel, and opening to a passenger compartment;
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- a fan supplying air suctioned into the duct from the opening to the heating element, wherein
- the opening is positioned on a vehicle-body rear side with respect to a seat fixing part on a vehicle-body front side among seat fixing parts for fixing the seat to the floor panel in a state in which it is disposed on a vehicle-body rear side of a front end of the seat surface part,
- the opening is an intake port for suctioning air in the passenger compartment,
- the duct is an intake duct for guiding the air suctioned from the intake port to the heating element,
- the intake port is positioned on a vehicle-body rear side with respect to a protruding part protruding in a vehicle-body upward direction from the floor panel below the seat surface part,
- the protruding part is provided above a pressure valve which is provided in the fuel tank provided below the floor panel, and
- the intake port is positioned on a vehicle-body rear side of the protruding part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.