IP Library Granted Patent US 10,439,465
Granted Patent B2
US 10,439,465 · App. 15/455,468 · Granted Oct 8, 2019

Electric power unit

Inventors: Nobuyuki Kaneko (Wako, JP); Shunichiro Sueyoshi (Wako, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
H02K5/22H02K9/06H02K11/33
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Patent No.
US 10,439,465
App. No.
15/455,468
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric power unit having a heat emitting component includes a battery case provided in an extension direction of an output shaft of the motor, and spaced apart from the motor case, and a cooling fan provided between the battery case and the motor case. The battery case includes a discharge port formed at a position facing the cooling fan, and a suction port provided at a position spaced apart from the discharge port.

Claims (15)

1. An electric power unit comprising:

a motor case configured to accommodate a motor;

a component case configured to accommodate a component to be cooled, the component case provided in an extension direction of an output shaft of the motor, and spaced apart from the motor case;

a centrifugal fan provided between the component case and the motor case; and

a dock configured to support the component case,

wherein the dock includes a partition wall between the component case and the motor case, and the motor case and the partition wall form a discharge channel connecting an outlet to outside, and

the partition wall includes a connection hole formed at a position facing the centrifugal fan.

2. The electric power unit according to claim 1 , wherein the centrifugal fan is attached to the output shaft.

3. The electric power unit according to claim 1 , wherein the component case includes:

a discharge port formed on a side facing the motor case, and

a suction port provided at a position spaced apart from the discharge port.

4. The electric power unit according to claim 3 , wherein the discharge port is formed at a position facing the centrifugal fan.

5. The electric power unit according to claim 1 , wherein the dock is formed along the motor case.

6. The electric power unit according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet faces in a direction away from the component case, and is provided at a position spaced apart from an inlet.

7. The electric power unit of claim 1 , wherein the component to be cooled is a battery, and the battery has a lower endurance temperature than the motor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2017
From: KANEKO, NOBUYUKI; SUEYOSHI, SHUNICHIRO
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041539/0545 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-051624 · Mar 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170271941A1 · Sep 21, 2017
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