COOLING STRUCTURE OF EXOTHERMIC DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE

Title:

COOLING STRUCTURE OF EXOTHERMIC DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2006117096

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To provide a cooling structure of an exothermic device for an automobile capable of securing cooling air flow to a battery pack.

This structure has an air suction port 23. The structure is provided with an air suction duct 22 connected to the battery pack 5 as the exothermic device, an air blowing fan 21 for cooling the battery pack 5 by blowing cooling air for cooling the battery pack 5, and an emergency valve 501 provided in the air suction duct 22 to communicate the inside of the air suction duct 22 with the outside of the air suction duct 22 if pressure in the air suction duct 22 is not in a prescribed range, and not to communicate the inside of the air suction duct 22 with the outside of the air suction duct 22 if pressure in the air suction duct 22 is in the prescribed range.

Inventors:

MURAKAMI AKINOBU

Application Number:

JP2004306849A

Publication Date:

May 11, 2006

Filing Date:

October 21, 2004

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP

International Classes:

B60K11/06; B60K1/04; B60L11/18

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Kuro Fukami
Toshio Morita
Takao Matsuyama
Tadashi Muto

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