Vehicle battery cooling apparatus
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiro Kimishima, Hiroshi Echigoya
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Abstract
The passenger compartment air-conditioning apparatus has a second heat exchanger disposed adjacent to and in front of a first heat exchanger for cooling a cooling liquid of a battery. When the temperature of the battery is increased at the time the battery is charged in a quick charge mode, a compressor of the passenger compartment air-conditioning apparatus is actuated by a coaction of a battery ECU and an air-conditioning ECU to supply a refrigerant to the second heat exchanger. A fan is rotated to cool external air with the second heat exchanger. The cooled external air is introduced into the first heat exchanger, which cools the cooling liquid of the battery.
Claims9
An apparatus for cooling a battery mounted on a vehicle, comprising:
- first cooling means for cooling a cooling liquid to cool the battery with external air introduced by a fan;
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- second cooling means disposed adjacent to and in front of said first cooling means in a forward direction of the vehicle, for cooling said first cooling means with a passenger compartment air-conditioning apparatus on the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.