IP Library Granted Patent US 8,187,736
Granted Patent B2
US 8,187,736 · App. 11/670,055 · Granted May 29, 2012

Cooling system for hybrid vehicles

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Patent No.
US 8,187,736
App. No.
11/670,055
Granted
May 29, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooling system for hybrid vehicles is provided with a battery case with a battery storage room for receiving a battery, a motor control unit for controlling an electric motor and a DC-DC converter for converting a voltage of the battery. The cooling system includes a blower for drawing an air existing in a passenger compartment of a vehicle, an introduction duct through which the air is introduced into the battery storage room to cool the battery, a first supply duct through which the air is supplied from the battery storage room to the DC-DC converter to cool the latter, a second supply duct through which the air is supplied from the battery storage room to the motor control unit to cool the latter, and an air distributor means for distributing the air flowing out of the battery storage room to the first supply duct and the second supply duct.

Claims (19)

1. A cooling system arranged in a rear part of a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle being equipped with an electric motor and an internal combustion engine in combination, the cooling system comprising:

a battery case with a battery storage room for receiving a battery, the battery supplying power to the electric motor of the hybrid vehicle;

a motor control unit for controlling the electric motor and a converter for converting a voltage of the battery;

a blower for drawing an air existing in a passenger compartment of the hybrid vehicle;

an introduction duct through which the air drawn by the blower is introduced into the battery storage room to cool the battery;

a first supply duct having an internal passageway through which the air flowing out of the battery storage room is supplied to the converter to cool the converter;

a second supply duct having an internal passageway through which the air flowing out of the battery storage room is supplied to the motor control unit to cool the motor control unit; and

an air distributor means for distributing the air flowing out of the battery storage room to the first supply duct and the second supply duct

wherein the air distributor means comprises a guide baffle extending from the internal passageway of the first supply duct toward the internal passageway of the second supply duct for guiding a part of the air introduced into the first supply duct to the second supply duct, and further comprises dispersion baffles extending from the guide baffle toward opposite side walls of the first supply duct in such a manner as to disperse the air flowing through the first supply duct in a transverse direction; and

wherein the converter is provided with a plurality of cooling fins protruding into the internal passageway of the first supply duct and arranged just behind the guide baffle.

2. The cooling system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the dispersion baffles are formed in a smaller height than the guide baffle.

3. The cooling system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the guide baffle extends into the internal passageway of the second supply duct.

4. The cooling system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the guide baffle is provided with an air passage cutout through which the air in the first supply duct is allowed to flow toward the converter in the first supply duct and the plurality of cooling fins arranged in the first supply duct just behind the guide baffle.

5. The cooling system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the guide baffle and the dispersion baffles are integrally formed with the first supply duct.

6. The cooling system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the guide baffle and the dispersion baffles are separately manufactured and attached to the first supply duct.

7. The cooling system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first supply duct is adapted to supply the air in the battery storage room to a top surface of the converter.

8. The cooling system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second supply duct is adapted to supply the air in the battery storage room to a bottom surface of the motor control unit.

9. The cooling system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first supply duct is directly connected to the battery storage room and the second supply duct is branched off from the first supply duct.

10. The cooling system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the second supply duct is directly connected to the battery storage room and the first supply duct is branched off from the second supply duct.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 30, 2015
From: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION
To: HANON SYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 037007/0103 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 28, 2013
From: HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION
To: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030704/0554 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2007
From: PARK, MIN WOO; LEE, DAE WOONG; KIM, HYUNG JOO; LEE, SUNG JE; SON, IL GUK
To: HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
Reel/Frame 018838/0865 →