Component layout of air cooling components in electric work vehicle
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorRoatchanatam ANATTASAKUL
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Abstract
An electric work vehicle includes a chassis, a battery housing to house a plurality of battery modules, a cooling structure mounted to a front portion of the battery housing, an outer cover that covers the battery housing and the cooling structure, and an inverter. The battery housing is supported by the chassis. The cooling structure includes a fan mounted at a front portion of the cooling structure. The outer cover includes at least one side opening located on a side portion of the outer cover, the at least one side opening defines an air intake, and a foremost edge of the at least one side opening is located forward of a foremost surface of the battery housing in a front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle.
Claims20
An electric work vehicle comprising:
- a chassis;
- a battery housing to house a plurality of battery modules, the battery housing being supported by the chassis;
- a cooling structure mounted to a front portion of the battery housing;
- an outer cover that covers the battery housing and the cooling structure;
- and
- an inverter, wherein the cooling structure includes a fan mounted at a front portion of the cooling structure;
- the outer cover includes at least one side opening located on a side portion of the outer cover;
- the at least one side opening defines an air intake;
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- a foremost edge of the at least one side opening is located forward of a foremost surface of the battery housing in a front-rear direction of the electric work vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.