Device module
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTatsumi Sato, Kosuke Sone, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Takuya Taniguchi, Ai Takehisa
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Abstract
One aim is to provide a technique allowing a device to be cooled without being housed inside a duct. A device module includes: a support member that is disposed in a roof inner space that is located between a roof panel and an interior member in a vehicle; and a device that is supported by a support surface among outer surfaces of the support member. A support-member-side flow path is formed inside the support member, and the support-member-side flow path is connected to a duct-side flow path in a duct in the vehicle.
Claims15
A device module comprising:
- a support member that is disposed in a roof inner space that is located between a roof panel and an interior member in a vehicle;
- and
- a device that is supported by a first support surface among outer surfaces of the support member,
- wherein a support-member-side flow path is formed inside the support member,
- wherein the support-member-side flow path is confined within an internal space of the support member and is isolated from the first support surface, and
- the support-member-side flow path is connected to a duct-side flow path in a duct in the vehicle.
A device module comprising:
- a support member that is disposed in a roof inner space that is located between a roof panel and an interior member in a vehicle;
- and
- a device that is supported by a support surface among outer surfaces of the support member,
- wherein a support-member-side flow path is formed inside the support member, and
- the support-member-side flow path is connected to a duct-side flow path in a duct in the vehicle,
- wherein the support member has formed therein a through-hole that is open in a portion of the support surface facing the device and that reaches the support-member-side flow path,
- wherein a housing of the device has a housing-side air inlet port formed therein, the housing-side air inlet port being formed in a surface of the housing that faces the through-hole, and
- cooling air flowing in the support-member-side flow path is discharged to the roof inner space via the through-hole, the housing-side air inlet port, and the interior of the housing.
A device module comprising:
- a support member that is disposed in a roof inner space that is located between a roof panel and an interior member in a vehicle;
- and
- a device that is supported by a support surface among outer surfaces of the support member,
- wherein a support-member-side flow path is formed inside the support member, and
- the support-member-side flow path is connected to a duct-side flow path in a duct in the vehicle,
- wherein there are a plurality of the devices including a first device and a second device, and
- a partition that partitions the support-member-side flow path into a first flow path for the first device and a second flow path for the second device is provided inside the support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.