Electric vehicle
AssigneesMitsubishi Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaish
InventorsMasaru Kadoi, Yoshiaki Hujita
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Abstract
An electric vehicle which can cool a power unit by cold airstreams without causing dew drops and a temperature rise in a vehicle interior is provided. The electric vehicle travels by operating a motor, and includes a duct having one end joined to the air conditioning unit and the other end joined to the power unit and serving as an airstream flow path via which cold airstreams are guided from an air conditioning unit to the power unit. The duct is shaped in accordance with a shape of a vehicle interior near a front passenger's seat, and being positioned under a floor at the front passenger's seat.
Claims8
An electric vehicle, comprising:
- a motor;
- a power unit for driving the motor;
- an air conditioning unit;
- and
- a cooling structure for cooling the power unit of the electric vehicle, the cooling structure including a duct which has a first end joined to the air conditioning unit and a second end joined to the power unit, the duct defining an airstream flow path through which cold airstreams from the air conditioning unit is guided to the power unit, the duct being shaped in accordance with a shape of a vehicle interior near a front passenger side, and provided under the front passenger side,
- wherein the second end has an opening which is positioned higher than a lowest bottom surface of the duct,
- the duct has a plurality of ribs near the floor, the ribs dividing the airstream flow path,
- the duct has a shoulder extending from the first end of an intermediate part thereof, the first end of the duct and the shoulder at the intermediate part thereof are housed in a center console that defines an interior of the electric vehicle, and
- the shoulder is shaped in accordance with a shape of the center console.
A cooling structure for cooling a battery unit of an electric vehicle that drives a motor, comprising:
- a duct having a first end joined to an air conditioning unit and a second end joined to a power unit, the duct defining an airstream flow path through which cold airstreams from the air conditioning unit is guided to the battery unit, the duct being shaped in accordance with a shape of a vehicle interior near a front passenger side, and provided under the front passenger side,
- wherein the second end has an opening which is positioned higher than a lowest portion of the duct,
- the duct has a plurality of ribs near the floor, the ribs dividing the air flow path,
- the duct has a plurality of ribs near the floor, the ribs dividing the airstream flow path,
- the duct has a shoulder extending from the first end of an intermediate part thereof, the first end of the duct and the shoulder at the intermediate part thereof are housed in a center console that defines an interior of the electric vehicle, and
- the shoulder is shaped in accordance with a shape of the center console.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.