BATTERY COOLING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A battery cooling structure for a vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body floor part; and
a battery module that is located under the vehicle body floor part, and that is arranged such that a clearance is formed between the battery module and the vehicle body floor part and an airflow that is introduced from a front side of a vehicle body into the clearance is discharged from a rear end of the clearance,wherein at least one of the vehicle body floor part and the battery module has a wall portion that is formed so as to gradually decrease an area of a cross-section of the clearance, the cross-section being perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, along a direction toward a rear of the vehicle body.
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Abstract
A battery cooling structure for a vehicle includes: a vehicle body floor part; and a battery module that is located under the vehicle body floor part, and that is arranged such that a clearance is formed between the battery module and the vehicle body floor part and an airflow that is introduced from the front side of a vehicle body into the clearance is discharged from the rear end of the clearance. At least one of the vehicle body floor part and the battery module has a wall portion that is formed so as to gradually decrease the area of a cross-section of the clearance, the cross-section being perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, along the direction toward the rear of the vehicle body.
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7 Claims
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1. A battery cooling structure for a vehicle, comprising:
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a vehicle body floor part; and a battery module that is located under the vehicle body floor part, and that is arranged such that a clearance is formed between the battery module and the vehicle body floor part and an airflow that is introduced from a front side of a vehicle body into the clearance is discharged from a rear end of the clearance, wherein at least one of the vehicle body floor part and the battery module has a wall portion that is formed so as to gradually decrease an area of a cross-section of the clearance, the cross-section being perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, along a direction toward a rear of the vehicle body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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