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Vehicle battery charger having cooling blower providing improved cooling efficiency

  • US 6,362,594 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2000
  • Issued: 03/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A charger for a vehicle, comprising a power source unit and a feeding coupler connected to said power source unit via a cable and adapted to be coupled to a receiver of a vehicle, said power source unit comprising:

  • an outer casing having a top, a bottom with an intake hole and an exhaust hole;

    a duct having a vertically extending passage disposed in said outer casing, said passage having an upper opening and a lower opening, said duct enclosed by said outer casing; and

    a cooling blower disposed in said outer casing above said duct so that said blower causes a flow of air in which air is taken into said casing from said intake hole, enters said passage of said duct via said upper opening, flows down in said passage, and flows out of said outer casing via said lower opening and said exhaust hole.

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