Patent ID: 8527095
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: B60H,B60K,B60L,B60W,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A cooling system for cooling down an accumulator mounted on a motor vehicle, the cooling system comprising: an air blower configured to have multiple air blow modes of taking in an intake air from different air flow paths within the cooling system and blowing the intake air to the accumulator; an air blow mode switchover module configured to changeover a status of each air flow path within the cooling system between an open position and a closed position in each of the multiple air blow modes to thereby switch over to an active air blow mode from among the multiple air blow modes; a noise level detection-estimation module configured to detect or estimate a noise level in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle; and a controller configured, in response to a switch over demand of the active air blow mode during air blow to the accumulator, to perform an air blow restriction changeover control in a case that the detected or estimated noise level is less than a preset reference level, while controlling the air blow mode switchover module to switch over to the active air blow mode without restriction of the air blow to the accumulator in a case that the detected or estimated noise level is not less than the preset reference level, wherein