Patent ID: 7810596

Claim:
A cooling structure for a secondary battery adapted to cool a secondary battery in a battery pack by cooling air drawn in from a cabin of a vehicle, and discharge the air into said cabin via an exhaust duct, wherein said battery pack is arranged between a driver seat and a front passenger seat, said exhaust duct is disposed under said driver seat and under said front passenger seat, said exhaust duct is led out from a front side of said battery pack, and downwards towards a floor side to extend between said driver seat and said front passenger seat towards a vehicle rear side and split into two directions, said exhaust duct split in one direction is disposed to pass below said driver seat, and said exhaust duct split in the other direction is disposed to pass below said front passenger seat, a center axis of said battery pack along a longitudinal direction of said vehicle is deviated in one direction of a traversing direction from a center axis of said vehicle in the longitudinal direction, and a target apparatus to be cooled is mounted on said exhaust duct extending in a direction opposite to the direction of deviation of said battery pack.