Nissan Motor Company Limited

Koji Katou

Shigeyuki Kiyota

Toyoki Iguchi

Hiroaki Saitou

Yuuta Yamagata

A battery cooling structure has a plurality of cooling passages that are formed on a surface of a cover plate attachable to a battery pack and that are for taking in cooling air into the battery pack, and a connection passage that is formed in a direction intersecting with the plurality of cooling passages on the surface of the cover plate, and that connects the plurality of cooling passages with one another to allow interchange of the cooling air. The battery pack is arranged in a center console box between a driver seat and a front passenger seat of a vehicle. The cover plate is attached to a side surface of the battery pack. The plurality of cooling passages extend in parallel with one another and in a direction vertical to a floor surface. Partial portions of the cooling passages on a floor surface side are open.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Koji Katou