Patent ID: 9616765
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B60H,B60K,B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Claim:
1. A heat element cooling device, wherein: air in a passenger compartment is taken in through an air intake port provided in a vehicle interior trim and an air intake pipe to cool a heat element arranged in a heat element accommodation space, the air intake port is configured to intake air to cool the heat element and to be exposed to the passenger compartment, an auxiliary air intake port is formed in the air intake pipe and provided to open to a space formed between the vehicle interior trim and a vehicle interior panel, the vehicle interior panel being located at a passenger compartment outer side of the vehicle interior trim, the auxiliary air intake port is configured to intake air to cool the heat element and to be located at a rear side of the vehicle interior trim seen from the passenger compartment, the space is located at an outer side of the heat element accommodation space and communicated to the passenger compartment, the auxiliary air intake port is configured to receive air from a clearance formed between a horizontal portion of the vehicle interior trim and a rear window glass, and the clearance is communicated with the space and the auxiliary air intake port so as to permit air to flow from the clearance to the space and the auxiliary air intake port.