Electrical device cooling structure in vehicle
First Claim
1. An electrical device cooling structure in a vehicle, comprising:
- a rear seat including a seat cushion and a seat back, the rear seat being foldable by moving downward the seat cushion and folding forward the seat back so that an upper surface of the folded seat back becomes substantially flatly continuous to a rear floor which is located to the rear of the seat back; and
a cooling-air introduction port provided in an electrical device which is disposed under the rear floor to drive a motor for driving the vehicle, cooling air being introduced into the cooling-air introduction port through a space between a lower surface of the seat cushion of the rear seat in an unfolded state and an upper surface of an underseat floor, wherein when the rear seat is in a folded state a cooling-air introduction passage is formed for introducing the cooling air from the vehicle compartment into the cooling-air introduction port in the electrical device.
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Abstract
A rear seat is foldable by moving downward a seat cushion and folding forward a seat back. A power source unit is disposed below a rear floor to the rear of the rear seat. When the rear seat is in an unfolded state, cooling air can be introduced from inside a vehicle compartment, through a space between a lower surface of the seat cushion and an upper surface of an underseat floor, into a cooling-air introduction port in the power source unit. When the rear seat is in a folded state, the cooling air is introduced from inside the vehicle compartment, through cooling-air introduction passages, into the cooling-air introduction port. Thus, the power source unit can be cooled irrespective of whether the rear seat is in the folded state, without reducing the foldability of the rear seat.
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12 Claims
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1. An electrical device cooling structure in a vehicle, comprising:
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a rear seat including a seat cushion and a seat back, the rear seat being foldable by moving downward the seat cushion and folding forward the seat back so that an upper surface of the folded seat back becomes substantially flatly continuous to a rear floor which is located to the rear of the seat back; and
a cooling-air introduction port provided in an electrical device which is disposed under the rear floor to drive a motor for driving the vehicle, cooling air being introduced into the cooling-air introduction port through a space between a lower surface of the seat cushion of the rear seat in an unfolded state and an upper surface of an underseat floor, wherein when the rear seat is in a folded state a cooling-air introduction passage is formed for introducing the cooling air from the vehicle compartment into the cooling-air introduction port in the electrical device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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