Patent ID: 7261172
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: B60K,B60Y,B62K

Abstract:
1. A cooling structure for an electric vehicle, comprising: a storage box; a vehicle body cover, said vehicle body cover surrounding the storage box, said storage box and said vehicle body cover being installed under a seat for a rider to sit thereon; and accessory equipment for controlling an electric motor as a power source of the electric vehicle, said accessory equipment being installed between the storage box and the vehicle body cover, wherein the vehicle body cover is provided with bulged parts that protrude from the seat sideward of a body of the electric vehicle, the bulged parts including intake ports and exhaust ports formed therein, and at least some of the accessory equipment is located in the bulged parts, the intake ports guiding headwind as cooling air for the accessory equipment into the vehicle body cover and the exhaust ports discharging the headwind guided in through the intake ports to an outside of the vehicle body cover.