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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Keishi Kosaka, Saitama, JP;
Byoungju Lee, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiaki Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Tohru Kuribayashi, Saitama, JP;
Hidehisa Mokudai, Saitama, JP;
Keishi Kosaka, Saitama, JP;
Byoungju Lee, Saitama, JP;
Yoshiaki Takahashi, Saitama, JP;
Tohru Kuribayashi, Saitama, JP;
Hidehisa Mokudai, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cooling structure having a sufficient cooling efficiency in cooling an electricity storage device while securing a living space in a vehicle cabin when installed in a compact vehicle having a short distance from a rear seat to the rear end of the vehicle. A battery is contained in an IPU installed in the vehicle. The cooling structure for the battery has an air inlet opened into the vehicle cabin, an air intake duct extending from the air inlet to the IPU and a cover disposed to cover the air inlet and having a hole communicating the air intake duct with the inner side of the vehicle cabin. The air inlet has an opening inclined toward the inner side of the vehicle cabin in one side section of a rear portion of the vehicle cabin near a C-pillar located obliquely posterior to a rear seat.