Patent ID: 7353900

Claim:
A battery cooling system comprising: a battery; a depression-shaped battery accommodating section formed at a bottom surface of a floor panel of a vehicle and dented to side of a passenger compartment so as to accommodate therein the battery; and an introduction device disposed in front of the battery in a vehicle traveling direction, to introduce travel air flow into the battery accommodating section, wherein the battery is accommodated within the battery accommodating section in a condition where a bottom surface of the battery is located at a level above or at a substantially same level as a level of a bottom surface of the vehicle which bottom surface is around the accommodating section, wherein the battery includes a plurality of thin cells which are electrically connected with each other, and disposed in a posture that a major surface of each thin cell extends substantially parallelly with the vehicle traveling direction, and wherein the introduction device includes a baffle for adjusting a flow direction of travel air flow to introduce travel air flow into the battery accommodating section.