Title:
MOTOR COOLING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012244836
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a motor cooling structure that provides sufficient cooling for a motor with a simple configuration, and to provide an electric vehicle equipped with the structure.
A motor cooling structure includes a motor 30 that has a rotating shaft 32 extending in a width direction of a vehicle and that drives a rear wheel 3 to which the rotating shaft 32 is connected. In the motor cooling structure, the motor 30 is cooled by passing air over a casing 31 of the motor 30. Around the casing 31, a pair of upper and lower guide plates 34 and 34 are provided that extend posterior to the rotating shaft 32 toward the rear of a vehicle body and that guide the passing air along an outer circumferential surface of the casing 31.
Inventors:
ABASTARI
MASUKAWA TAKAYUKI
TAGUCHI KENJI
UEDA TETSUJI
MASUKAWA TAKAYUKI
TAGUCHI KENJI
UEDA TETSUJI
Application Number:
JP2011114551A
Publication Date:
December 10, 2012
Filing Date:
May 23, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SANYO ELECTRIC CO
International Classes:
H02K9/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masaaki Ohashi