Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Daisuke Komazawa

Tomohiro Fukazu

Yuya Ishihara

Takahiro Uneme

Takuya Honjo

Daisuke Takeuchi

Tetsu Miyamoto

Kengo Aoki

Ayumu Uno

Takeshi Otani

Daichi Yamanaka

A vehicle includes a battery, an air conditioner, a first temperature adjustment circuit including a first pump and a chiller, a second temperature adjustment circuit including a second pump and a radiator, a coupling passage configured to connect the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit to form a coupling circuit, an electromagnetic switching valve configured to switch between a circulation state in which the heat medium can circulate through the coupling circuit and a non-circulation state in which the heat medium cannot circulate through the coupling circuit, a first temperature sensor configured to acquire a temperature of the battery, and a control device configured to select a mode based on at least the temperature of the battery. The control device performs a control based on a basic control map after selecting a series mode of a special control map.

Vehicle

A temperature adjustment circuit includes a first temperature adjustment circuit and a second temperature adjustment circuit in which a switching part that is configured to switch between a circulation state where a heat-transfer medium is circulated through a connection circuit in which the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit are connected to each other and a non-circulation state where the heat-transfer medium is not circulated through the connection circuit.

Temperature adjustment circuit

A cable structure includes a first cable, a second cable, a communicating portion, and a ventilation-tube connecting portion. The first cable includes a first power line, a first connector, a second connector, and a first tube. The first tube covers the first power line and has a first space. The second cable includes a second power line, a third connector, a fourth connector, and a second tube. The second tube covers the second power line and has a second space. The first space communicates with the second space via the communicating portion. The ventilation-tube connecting portion is provided at the first tube or the second tube. The ventilation-tube connecting portion is connected to a ventilation tube through which the first space and the second space are ventilated.

Cable structure and vehicle

Disclosed is a vehicle body lower structure which is capable of suppressing an increase in a vehicle weight, ensuring a degree of freedom of a layout of vehicle parts and also protecting an electric power converter. In the vehicle body lower structure, the electric power converter is provided between a first cross member and a second cross member. The electric power converter includes an electric power converter body, a first support portion and a second support portion. The electric power converter is disposed between the first cross member and the second cross member. The first support portion is provided at the electric power converter body and supported by the first cross member. The second support portion is provided at the electric power converter body and supported by the second cross member. The second support portion has a weak portion which is deformable by an impact load.

Vehicle body lower structure

A power storage unit of an electric vehicle includes a first computer that controls a first traction motor, a second computer that controls a second traction motor, and a support member. The power storage unit is disposed behind a seat of the electric vehicle. In a state that the first computer is fixed to a first surface of the support member and the second computer is fixed to a second surface of the support member, the support member is disposed between the seat and a power storage device in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.

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Wako, Japan

Daisuke Komazawa