Cooling system
AssigneeIsuzu Motors Limited
InventorsRyoma Nishimura, Kota Kato
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Abstract
A cooling system mounted in a vehicle includes a motor that is a drive source of the vehicle; an inverter that drives the motor; a radiator; a washer liquid tank that stores a cleaning liquid for cleaning a windshield of the vehicle; and a circulation channel that allows the cleaning liquid stored in the washer liquid tank to circulate through the inverter, the motor, the radiator, and the washer liquid tank in an order presented, thereby causing the cleaning liquid to store heat of the motor and the inverter and also causing heat of the cleaning liquid to be dissipated by the radiator.
Claims4
A cooling system mounted in a vehicle, the cooling system comprising:
- a motor that is a drive source of the vehicle;
- an inverter that drives the motor;
- a radiator;
- a storage tank that stores a cleaning liquid for cleaning a windshield of the vehicle;
- a circulation channel that allows the cleaning liquid stored in the storage tank to circulate through the inverter, the motor, the radiator, and the storage tank in an order presented, thereby causing the cleaning liquid to store heat of the motor and the inverter and also causing heat of the cleaning liquid to be dissipated by the radiator;
- an intake port disposed in the storage tank protruding from an inner bottom and configured to uptake the cleaning liquid from the storage tank when the windshield is cleaned;
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- a supply port disposed in the storage tank protruding from the inner bottom and configured to supply the cleaning liquid from the storage tank to the circulation channel, wherein
- a height of the intake port is higher than a height of the supply port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.