Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Seiji Isotani

Hiroyuki Ono

Naoki Shibata

Kazumi Yamazaki

Toru Ogaki

Kenta Watanabe

Kenichi Ohno

Yoshito Otake

Ryo Nakajima

Satoko Ito

Toshinobu Miyazaki

Yuichiro Ueno

Hironobu Yamano

A temperature adjustment circuit for a vehicle includes a first temperature adjustment circuit for vehicle interior air conditioning or heating, a second temperature adjustment circuit that is configured to transfer heat with a battery, a connection path that is configured to connect the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit to form a connection circuit, and a first valve and a second valve that are configured to switch between an independent state where the first temperature adjustment circuit and the second temperature adjustment circuit are independent and a connection state where the connection circuit is formed.

Temperature adjustment circuit

A vehicle cooling mechanism includes a first radiator configured to cool a battery of a vehicle, a second radiator configured to cool a power conversion device that converts electric power supplied from the battery and electric power supplied to the battery, and an air guide duct portion configured to guide outside air from an opening portion provided in a front end portion of the vehicle to the first radiator and the second radiator. The first radiator is arranged above the second radiator. At least a part of the second radiator is arranged so as to overlap the opening portion as viewed from a front side of the vehicle. An upper end portion of the second radiator is positioned above an upper end portion of the opening portion. A lower end portion of the second radiator is positioned below the upper end portion of the opening portion.

Vehicle cooling mechanism

A vehicle includes an electric motor, a storage battery which supplies power to the electric motor, and a power line which configures a power transmission path between the electric motor and the storage battery. The power line is arranged to extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle along a bottom surface of the vehicle. A part of the power line is covered by a protection member from below with a gap between the power line and the bottom surface. A fixing point of the protection member to the bottom surface is positioned on a front side of the protection member and on an outer side of the protection member in a vehicle width direction.

Vehicle having a power line protection member

An apparatusfor coupling a first memberand a second memberby a clip and a screw is constituted by member moving meansL,R for moving the second memberrelative to the first member, reaction force detecting meansL,R provided to the member moving meansL,R for detecting a press reaction force generated when the second memberis matched to the first member, clip fitting determining meansL,R for determining whether the clip is correctly fitted to a clip hole by reading the reaction force detected by the reaction force detecting meansL,R, and screw fastening meansfor fastening the screw when acceptable information is provided by the clip fitting determining meansL,R.

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Saitama, Japan

Seiji Isotani