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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
Yoshiaki Kawakami, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Jojima, Nagoya, JP;
Eizo Takahashi, Chiryu, JP;
Kousuke Sato, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhide Uchida, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yuichi Ohno, Nishio, JP;
Yoshiaki Kawakami, Nagoya, JP;
Yuki Jojima, Nagoya, JP;
Eizo Takahashi, Chiryu, JP;
Kousuke Sato, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhide Uchida, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yuichi Ohno, Nishio, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of a cooling apparatus cool a charger for charging a storage battery upon reception of a supply of power from a power supply. Exemplary embodiments include a compressor that circulates a refrigerant, a cooling unit provided on a path along which the refrigerant flows between the heat exchanger and the expansion valve to cool the charger using the refrigerant, a refrigerant passage through which the refrigerant flows between the compressor and the heat exchanger, a refrigerant passage through which the refrigerant flows between the cooling unit and the expansion valve, and a connecting passage connecting the refrigerant passage and the refrigerant passage. When heating occurs, frost formation can be suppressed without increasing configuration complexity and power consumption.