Patent ID: 8187736
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A cooling system arranged in a rear part of a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle being equipped with an electric motor and an internal combustion engine in combination, the cooling system comprising: a battery case with a battery storage room for receiving a battery, the battery supplying power to the electric motor of the hybrid vehicle; a motor control unit for controlling the electric motor and a converter for converting a voltage of the battery; a blower for drawing an air existing in a passenger compartment of the hybrid vehicle; an introduction duct through which the air drawn by the blower is introduced into the battery storage room to cool the battery; a first supply duct having an internal passageway through which the air flowing out of the battery storage room is supplied to the converter to cool the converter; a second supply duct having an internal passageway through which the air flowing out of the battery storage room is supplied to the motor control unit to cool the motor control unit; and an air distributor means for distributing the air flowing out of the battery storage room to the first supply duct and the second supply duct wherein the air distributor means comprises a guide baffle extending from the internal passageway of the first supply duct toward the internal passageway of the second supply duct for guiding a part of the air introduced into the first supply duct to the second supply duct, and further comprises dispersion baffles extending from the guide baffle toward opposite side walls of the first supply duct in such a manner as to disperse the air flowing through the first supply duct in a transverse direction; and wherein the converter is provided with a plurality of cooling fins protruding into the internal passageway of the first supply duct and arranged just behind the guide baffle.