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Granted Patent B2
US 11,312,205 · App. 16/628,182 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Vehicle

Inventors: Kengo Aoki (Saitama, JP); Hiroshi Kano (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
B60H1/00278B60H1/00385B60H1/246B60K1/04B60K2001/0433
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Patent No.
US 11,312,205
App. No.
16/628,182
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a vehicle which includes an air intake grille for taking in air in a passenger compartment, an electric device, a case for accommodating the electric device, and an intake duct for connecting the intake port provided in the case and the air intake grille, where, when the air intake grille is divided into a region close to the intake port and a region far from the intake port in a vehicle width direction, the sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in the region far from the intake port is larger than the sum of opening areas of flow rate adjusting windows located in the region close to the intake port.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle comprising: an air intake grille for taking in air in a passenger compartment of the vehicle; an electric device; a case for accommodating the electric device; and an intake duct for connecting an intake port provided in the case and the air intake grille, wherein the air intake grille is divided into a region close to the intake port and a region far from the intake port in a vehicle width direction, a sum of opening areas of ventilation portions located in the region far from the intake port is larger than a sum of opening areas of ventilation portions located in the region close to the intake port.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the air intake grille and the intake port are arranged offset in the vehicle width direction.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein when the air intake grille is divided into two regions at a center in the vehicle width direction, the sum of the opening areas of the ventilation portions located in the region on an opposite side to the intake port is larger than the sum of the opening areas of the ventilation portions located in the region on the intake port side.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the air intake grille is divided into three regions in the vehicle width direction, the sum of the opening areas of the ventilation portions located in a central region is smaller than the sum of the opening areas of the ventilation portions located in the region on an opposite side to the intake port and is larger than the sum of the opening areas of the ventilation portions located in the region on the intake port side.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the air intake grille opens toward front or rear of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the passenger compartment is provided with a rear seat behind a kick-up portion formed so as to rise from a front floor panel,

the electric device is disposed below the rear seat, and

the air intake grille is disposed in the kick-up portion.

7. The vehicle according to claim 6 , wherein

the air intake grille is disposed in the kick-up portion in a center of the rear seat.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein

the intake duct is inclined upward from the air intake grille toward the intake port or has a step upward from the air intake grille toward the intake port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: AOKI, KENGO; KANO, HIROSHI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051460/0370 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-132868 · Jul 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200148027A1 · May 14, 2020
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