Patent ID: 8839894
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: B60H,B60K,B60L,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An electric drive system for a vehicle, comprising: an electric drive unit that electrically drives the vehicle; and a cooling unit that cools the electric drive unit, wherein the electric drive unit and the cooling unit are mounted at a body frame of the vehicle via an elastic support member, the electric drive unit and the cooling unit being configured as an integrated unit; wherein the cooling unit includes: wherein the electric drive unit, the refrigerant circulation path, the heat exchange unit, the refrigerant circulation unit and the air blower unit are disposed at a sub-frame rather than at the body frame, and the sub-frame is mounted at the body frame via the elastic support member; and wherein a cooling medium outlet port through which the cooling medium is let out from the heat exchange unit is positioned closer to a cooling medium intake port of the electric drive unit, compared to a cooling medium intake port of the heat exchange unit.