Patent ID: 8430194
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: B60H,B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A structure for cooling a heat element comprising: a heat element box that contains a heat element and forms an air passageway between the heat element box and the heat element; an intake duct that fluidically connects a passenger compartment and the air passageway with each other in such a way that air in the passenger compartment flows into the air passageway through the intake duct to cool the heat element, the intake duct being provided with a water reserving portion that can accumulate a liquid entering from the passenger compartment, the intake duct having an expansion portion that forms a portion of the water reserving portion, and the expansion portion being provided with a discharge hole of the liquid; a discharge duct that fluidically connects the air passageway and a vehicle exterior to discharge the air in the heat element box to the vehicle exterior, and a wall that is provided on a vehicle body to face the discharge hole so that the liquid discharged through the discharge hole moves downward along a surface of the wall.