Cooling structure for electric vehicle
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakoto Anazawa
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Abstract
A cooling structure for an electric vehicle includes a battery box provided with at least one battery, a blower fan supplying air to cool the batteries, a wind box disposed on the battery box and provided with at least one electric component to be cooled. The wind box is formed with an air passage having a substantially U-shape when viewed from the top, on which the electric component is disposed. The wind box includes an air inlet connected to the blower fan and an air outlet communicating with one end of the battery box, so that the air from the blower fan is supplied to the battery box via the wind box.
Claims13
A cooling structure for an electric vehicle, comprising:
- a battery box provided with at least one battery;
- a blower fan supplying air to cool said at least one battery;
- a wind box disposed on said battery box and provided with at least one electric component to be cooled, said wind box being formed with an air passage having a substantially U-shape when viewed from the top in such a manner that said electric component is disposed thereon, said wind box including an air inlet connected to said blower fan and an air outlet communicating with one end of said battery box, so that the air from said blower fan is supplied to said battery box via said wind box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.