IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,583,714
Granted Patent B2
US 10,583,714 · App. 15/676,321 · Granted Mar 10, 2020

Vehicle

Inventors: Jun Ogawa (Saitama, JP); Shin Shigeoka (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60H1/246B60H1/004B60H1/00278B60L58/26B60H2001/003B60J5/06B60K1/04B60K11/06B60K2001/005B60K2001/0422B60K2001/0438B60L50/64B60R3/002B60Y2200/92B62D25/2009Y02T10/7005
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,583,714
App. No.
15/676,321
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes: a power equipment unit including a power equipment, a cooling mechanism for cooling the power equipment, and a case for accommodating the power equipment and the cooling mechanism; and an exhaust duct disposed on a floor panel, wherein the cooling mechanism discharges air, which has cooled the power equipment, into a passenger compartment through the exhaust duct. One end of the exhaust duct is connected to a duct connection portion of the case, and the other end of the exhaust duct is connected to a treading guard member which faces the floor panel to form a channel of air.

Claims (35)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a power equipment unit including a power equipment, a cooling mechanism for cooling the power equipment, and a case for accommodating the power equipment and the cooling mechanism; and

an exhaust duct disposed on a floor panel, wherein

the cooling mechanism discharges air, which has cooled the power equipment, into a passenger compartment through the exhaust duct,

one end of the exhaust duct is connected to a duct connection portion of the case,

an other end of the exhaust duct is directly connected to a treading guard member which faces the floor panel to form a channel of air,

the treading guard member comprises:

a pair of surfaces, which face each other in a direction crossing to an air flow direction of the other end of the exhaust duct; and

an upper surface, which faces the floor panel and connects the pair of surfaces, and

the upper surface of the treading guard member is as high as an upper surface of the other end of the exhaust duct and continuous from the upper surface of the other end of the exhaust duct.

2. A vehicle comprising:

a power equipment unit including a power equipment, a cooling mechanism for cooling the power equipment, and a case for accommodating the power equipment and the cooling mechanism;

a floor panel having a power equipment containing portion that houses the power equipment unit;

a slide door;

a step that is disposed on the floor panel to be adjacent to the slide door; and

a rail accommodating portion that is located below the step and provided with a rail for guiding slide movement of the slide door, wherein

the cooling mechanism discharges air, which has cooled the power equipment, into a passenger compartment through the exhaust duct,

an exhaust path for exhausting air, which has cooled the power equipment, includes: a first exhaust path extending in a left and right direction from the case; and a second exhaust path connected to an interior of a passenger compartment from an under-step space provided below the step through the rail accommodating portion,

the first exhaust path is constituted by an exhaust duct disposed on the floor panel,

one end of the exhaust duct is connected to a duct connection portion of the case,

an other end of the exhaust duct is directly connected to a treading guard member which faces the floor panel to form a channel of air,

the treading guard member comprises:

a pair of surfaces, which face each other in a direction crossing to an air flow direction of the other end of the exhaust duct; and

an upper surface, which faces the floor panel and connects the pair of surfaces, and

the upper surface of the treading guard member is as high as an upper surface of the other end of the exhaust duct and continuous from the upper surface of the other end of the exhaust duct.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the treading guard member is provided, on a surface facing the floor panel, with a baffle plate configured to allow air to flow in a specific direction or a shielding plate configured not to allow air to flow in a specific direction.

4. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the exhaust duct is provided with an intra-channel reinforcing portion that connects an upper surface and a lower surface in the channel to each other in a height direction.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the exhaust duct is integrally provided with an out-of-channel reinforcing portion separated from the channel.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

a resin pad is provided around the exhaust duct.

7. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein

a height of the treading guard member is set to be substantially same as a height of the exhaust duct and a height of the step.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2017
From: OGAWA, JUN; SHIGEOKA, SHIN
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043542/0606 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-164011 · Aug 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180056752A1 · Mar 1, 2018