IP Library Granted Patent US 10,486,526
Granted Patent B2
US 10,486,526 · App. 15/650,477 · Granted Nov 26, 2019

Vehicle configuration

Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka (Okazaki, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Patent No.
US 10,486,526
App. No.
15/650,477
Granted
Nov 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle configuration includes a motor, a battery, a cooling unit, an air conditioning unit and an air-blowing unit. The motor drives wheels of the vehicle. The battery supplies electric power to the motor. The cooling unit is equipped with a radiator that is disposed at a lower side of a floor panel of the vehicle. Heat from at least one of the motor or the battery is transferred to the radiator by circulation of a coolant. The air conditioning unit supplies cool air to an interior of a cabin of the vehicle. The air-blowing unit moves air in the cabin to the radiator.

Claims (23)

1. A vehicle configuration comprising:

a motor that drives a wheel of a vehicle;

a battery that supplies electric power to the motor;

a floor panel including a low-level portion that is at a relatively low position in a vehicle vertical direction, a high-level portion that is at a rear of the vehicle relative to the low-level portion and is at a higher position than the low-level portion, and a vertical wall portion that connects between the low-level portion and the high-level portion;

a cooling unit equipped with a radiator that is disposed at a lower side of the floor panel, heat from at least one of the motor and the battery being transferred to the radiator by circulation of a coolant;

an air conditioning unit that supplies cool air to an interior of a cabin of the vehicle; and

an air-blowing unit that includes an opening formed in the vertical wall portion through which air in the cabin can pass toward the radiator and an air-blowing fan that causes air in the cabin to pass through the opening and moves the air to the radiator, the air-blowing unit moving air in the cabin to the radiator.

2. The vehicle configuration according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling unit includes:

a first channel through which the coolant is circulated between the motor and the radiator; and

a second channel through which the coolant is circulated between the battery and the radiator.

3. The vehicle configuration according to claim 2 , further comprising a switching device that switches such that a flow path of the coolant is either one or both of the first channel and the second channel.

4. The vehicle configuration according to claim 3 , wherein the switching device includes:

a first pump provided at the first channel;

a second pump provided at the second channel; and

a control unit that controls the first pump and the second pump.

5. The vehicle configuration according to claim 1 , wherein a blowing-out aperture is formed in the cabin of the vehicle, the blowing-out aperture blowing out air from the air conditioning unit toward the rear of the vehicle.

6. The vehicle configuration according to claim 5 , wherein

the battery is disposed below the low-level portion,

the motor is disposed below the high-level portion, and

the radiator and the air-blowing fan are disposed to the rear of the vertical wall portion.

7. The vehicle configuration according to claim 1 , wherein

the air-blowing fan is attached to the radiator, and

the battery, the radiator and the motor are mounted to a frame member and made integral.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2017
From: AJISAKA, SATOSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 043011/0175 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-150626 · Jul 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180029463A1 · Feb 1, 2018
Cited By (2)
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