Controller cooling structure in electric vehicle
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsKanau Iwashita, Shinji Takayanagi, Hiroyuki Kikuchi
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Abstract
To provide a cooling structure which can effectively cool a controller for controlling a drive of a motor in an electric vehicle. A controller cooling structure of an electric vehicle is provided with a motor for supplying power to the rear wheel as the drive wheel, a motor driver for controlling a drive of the motor and a cooling plate for circulating the cooling water into the internal side of the motor driver in order to cool the same. In this controller cooling structure, one surface of the cooling plate is arranged adjacent to the motor driver and the other surface of the same is arranged adjacent to the rear swing arm.
Claims20
A controller cooling structure in an electric vehicle, comprising:
- a motor, said motor supplying drive power to a drive wheel of the electric vehicle;
- a controller, said controller controlling the drive of the motor;
- and
- a cooling plate, said cooling plate distributing cooling water to an interior thereof to cool the controller,
- wherein one surface of the cooling plate is provided adjacent to the controller and another surface of the cooling plate is provided adjacent to a vehicle body member.
An electric vehicle, comprising:
- a body frame;
- a drive wheel mounted to the body frame;
- a motor, said motor supplying drive power to the drive wheel;
- a controller, said controller controlling the drive of the motor;
- and
- a cooling plate, said cooling plate distributing cooling water to an interior thereof to cool the controller,
- wherein one surface of the cooling plate is provided adjacent to the controller and another surface of the cooling plate is provided adjacent to a vehicle body member.
A controller cooling structure for an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle comprising a motor, the motor supplying drive power to a drive wheel of the electric vehicle, and a controller, the controller controlling the drive of the motor, said controller cooling structure comprising:
- a cooling plate, said cooling plate distributing cooling water to an interior thereof to cool the controller,
- wherein said cooling plate is mounted to a vehicle body member and said controller is mounted to the cooling plate so that said cooling plate is located between the controller and the vehicle body member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.