Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Structure of hybrid vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 混合动力汽车的结构
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Application No.: US11884929Application Date: 2006-06-07
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Publication No.: US07823672B2Publication Date: 2010-11-02
- Inventor: Ko Watanabe , Toshiyuki Hosokawa
- Applicant: Ko Watanabe , Toshiyuki Hosokawa
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota
- Agency: Oliff & Berridge, PLC
- Priority: JP2005-203208 20050712
- International Application: PCT/JP2006/311893 WO 20060607
- International Announcement: WO2007/007503 WO 20070118
- Main IPC: B60R16/02
- IPC: B60R16/02

Abstract:
A structure of a hybrid vehicle includes a battery pack arranged on a floor panel and an exhaust pipe extending from an engine, passing below the floor panel, to an exhaust port. The battery pack has a secondary battery constituted by a plurality of battery cells stacked in a vehicle traveling direction for supplying electric power to a motor, and an intake chamber provided adjacent to the secondary battery in a substantially horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction along which the plurality of battery cells are stacked for supplying cooling air between each of the plurality of battery cells. The exhaust pipe is provided so that it passes immediately below the battery pack and passes a position displaced from a position immediately below the intake chamber. With such a configuration, a structure of a hybrid vehicle that suppresses reduction in the efficiency of cooling a secondary battery without placing a great limit on routing of an exhaust pipe is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080164081A1 Structure of Hybrid Vehicle Public/Granted day:2008-07-10
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