Patent ID: 7497288

Claim:
A motor cooling structure for an electric vehicle, comprising: a driving motor connected to a drive wheel; a power unit case accommodating said driving motor and a power transmitting mechanism therefor; a first air inlet for introducing an outside air as a cooling air into said power unit case; and an air outlet provided in the vicinity of said driving motor, wherein said air inlet and said air outlet are in communication with each other through a gap G 2 between a stator and a rotor of said driving motor, wherein said power unit case also accommodates: a continuously variable transmission having a drive pulley, a driven pulley, and an endless belt wrapped between said drive pulley and said driven pulley, the driving motor being disposed on a side of said driven pulley, an air intake fan provided coaxially with said drive pulley; and a drive shaft coaxially connecting said driving motor and said driven pulley, wherein said air inlet is provided in the vicinity of said air intake fan.