Structure for cooling heating element
AssigneeCalsonic Kansei Corporation
InventorEiji YAMATANI
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Abstract
A structure for cooling a heat element includes a heat element box containing a heat element and forms an air passageway therebetween, an intake duct connecting a passenger compartment and the air passageway, a discharge duct connecting the air passageway and a vehicle exterior, and a wall on a vehicle body. The intake duct has a water reserving portion for accumulating a liquid entering from the passenger compartment. The intake duct has an expansion portion and has a discharge hole of the liquid. The wall is provided to face the discharge hole so that the liquid discharged through the discharge hole moves downward along a surface of the wall.
Claims20
A structure for cooling a heat element comprising:
- a heat element box that contains a heat element and forms an air passageway between the heat element box and the heat element;
- an intake duct that fluidically connects a passenger compartment and the air passageway with each other in such a way that air in the passenger compartment flows into the air passageway through the intake duct to cool the heat element, the intake duct being provided with a water reserving portion that can accumulate a liquid entering from the passenger compartment, the intake duct having an expansion portion that forms a portion of the water reserving portion, and the expansion portion being provided with a discharge hole of the liquid;
- a discharge duct that fluidically connects the air passageway and a vehicle exterior to discharge the air in the heat element box to the vehicle exterior, and
- a wall that is provided on a vehicle body to face the discharge hole so that the liquid discharged through the discharge hole moves downward along a surface of the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.