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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Hideaki Yokota, Kariya, JP;
Hirokazu Yamadaki, Kariya, JP;
Yuji Kawazoe, Kariya, JP;
Mizuaki Kitajima, Kurokawa-gun, JP;
Takuya Abiko, Kurokawa-gun, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A heater unit includes a heater case and a high-voltage component disposed on a mount surface of the heater case. A protector is disposed in front of the heater unit. The protector includes a protection cover and a protection member disposed laterally of the high-voltage component. The protection member includes a side surface (support wall) disposed along a forward-rearward direction; that is, an assumed collision direction. The leading edge of the side surface protrudes further than the high-voltage component. The length of the side surface in the forward-rearward direction is longer than the length from a position on the heater case with which the side surface comes into contact in a collision to a front surface of the high-voltage component.