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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Satoshi Honda, Aichi-ken, JP;
Takashi Suzuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Achi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular exhaust structure is provided for exhausting gas used for cooling down a battery arranged under a seat in a vehicle into a luggage compartment of the vehicle behind the seat and including an underfloor storage box arranged under a deck board. The structure includes an exhaust duct and an exhaust conduit. The exhaust duct is arranged behind the battery with an inlet thereof located at a first end facing the battery and an outlet thereof located at a second end facing upward. The exhaust conduit includes a box section communicated with the outlet of the exhaust duct and defined by surfaces of a front portion of the underfloor storage box arranged over the outlet of the exhaust duct. One of the surfaces faces a back surface of a backrest of the seat and has a through hole that opens toward a front side of the vehicle.