CN107187307A - The housing construction of power equipment unit - Google Patents

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CN107187307A
CN107187307A CN201710120080.8A CN201710120080A CN107187307A CN 107187307 A CN107187307 A CN 107187307A CN 201710120080 A CN201710120080 A CN 201710120080A CN 107187307 A CN107187307 A CN 107187307A
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津村雄太
小川纯
木山誉彬
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60KARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K1/00Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units
    • B60K1/04Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/20Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M50/00Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the non-active parts of electrochemical cells other than fuel cells, e.g. hybrid cells
    • H01M50/20Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders
    • H01M50/233Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions
    • H01M50/24Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders characterised by physical properties of casings or racks, e.g. dimensions adapted for protecting batteries from their environment, e.g. from corrosion
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60KARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K1/00Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units
    • B60K1/04Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
    • B60K2001/0405Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion characterised by their position
    • B60K2001/0411Arrangement in the front part of the vehicle
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60KARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
    • B60K1/00Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units
    • B60K1/04Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion
    • B60K2001/0405Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units of the electric storage means for propulsion characterised by their position
    • B60K2001/0422Arrangement under the front seats
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/10Energy storage using batteries
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02TCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/60Other road transportation technologies with climate change mitigation effect
    • Y02T10/70Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries

Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of housing construction of power equipment unit, in the case that the liquid such as the beverage spilt are from air inlet intrusion, also can effectively prevent the liquid from reaching battery in housing etc..A kind of housing construction of power equipment unit (20), it stores the power equipment (50) for being equipped on vehicle, and it has:Cover (40), it covers the top of housing body (31), and the housing body (31) stores power equipment (50);And cap assembly (60), it is installed on cover (40), covers the opening portion (41) of the cover (40).And, the housing construction of power equipment unit (20) has the first spatial portion (71) for the side being formed on the fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle of cap assembly (60) and is formed at the second space portion (72) of the another side of cap assembly (60), second space portion (72) is formed as the space bigger than the first spatial portion (71), and the air inlet (65) for being taken into air from outside is formed with a side of cap assembly (60).

Description

The housing construction of power equipment unit
Technical field
The present invention relates to the electricity that the power equipments such as the battery of vehicle traction to being equipped on vehicle are stored and constituted The housing construction of power unit.
Background technology
In the automobile that engine and motor is applied in combination and travels (hereinafter referred to as " hybrid electric vehicle ".) or only make The automobile travelled with motor is (hereinafter referred to as " electric automobile ".) in be equipped with for storing electric power and to electric device The battery (battery module) of electric power is provided.In most cases, battery as power equipment unit a part and include inverter The high voltage parts of electric of device etc. is together accommodated in housing (battery container).
For above-mentioned such battery, in order that its performance is fully played, and workable temperature environment is defined.Cause This, on configuration of the battery in compartment, is preferably avoided turning into the eminence in the compartment of high temperature because of the influence of sunshine, and is configured Lower (lower section) in as the compartment for comparing low temperature.Also, in order to fully ensure the space of the passenger in compartment, electricity Pond needs to configure downside of the seat as dead angle in compartment etc..The seat in compartment is disclosed in patent document 1,2 The construction of battery is configured with the downside of chair.
In addition, there is the housing of the power equipment unit comprising above-mentioned such battery the inside being used for the housing to suck The air inlet of the air of (being taken into) cooling.Air inlet is for example arranged at the cover (upper lid) for covering and being installed on housing On.However, the housing of power equipment unit is being configured in the construction of the downside of seat, it will be drunk when sitting passenger on the seat In the case that the liquid such as material spill the periphery to the power equipment unit of underfooting in large quantities, the liquid is possible to flow into from air inlet Into the housing of power equipment unit.When substantial amounts of liquid is flowed into the housing of power equipment unit, battery is possible to immersion. For this reason, the air inlet of housing is preferred to use the liquid in the case of the foot that liquid largely spills to seat The construction that body also will not be easily immersed in housing.
As the prior art on this respect, there is construction described in patent document 1,2.In patent document 1 Disclose from the opening portion of the bottom plate carpet air inlet prominent into compartment and by side of the bracket to the air inlet and carpet The construction that edge is fixed.Also, Patent Document 2 discloses with the construction for importing cover and inlet port (air inlet), it is somebody's turn to do Import cover and cover the opening portion of housing across compartment of terrain, the inlet port (air inlet) is arranged between the importing cover and housing.So And, in the conventional construction described in patent document 1,2, it is impossible to effectively prevent the liquid immersed from air inlet from reaching in housing Battery etc..
Prior art literature
Patent document 1:Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2010-285070 publications
Patent document 2:Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2012-099288 publications
The content of the invention
The present invention is to complete in view of the above problems, and its object is to there is provided a kind of housing structure of power equipment unit Make, also can effectively prevent the liquid from reaching battery in housing etc. in the case that liquid is invaded from air inlet.
The present invention for solving above-mentioned problem provides a kind of electricity stored to the power equipment 50 for being equipped on vehicle The housing construction of power unit 20, it is characterised in that the housing construction of the power equipment unit 20 has:Housing body 31, It stores the power equipment 50, and top is open;Cover 40, it covers the top of the housing body 31;And Cap assembly 60, it is installed in the cover 40, and at least covering is formed at the opening portion 41 of the cover 40, as by described The space that cap assembly 60 and the cover 40 are surrounded, and with the first space of the side for being formed at the cap assembly 60 Portion 71 and the second space portion 72 for the another side for being formed at the cap assembly 60, the second space portion 72 is formed as than described The big space of first spatial portion 71, the air inlet for being taken into air from outside is formed with a side for the cap assembly 60 Mouth 65.
According to the housing of the power equipment unit of present invention construction, the cap assembly and lid are flowed into from the air inlet of cap assembly The liquid such as the water in space between part are guided to second space portion from the first spatial portion.Now, due to second space portion Be formed as the space bigger than the first spatial portion, and make it that liquid is successfully guided to second space portion from the first spatial portion.And And, even in entering the liquid in second space portion by the feelings of the bounce-backs such as the side wall of opening portion of the side wall of cap assembly or cover Under condition, it also can effectively prevent the liquid from flowing into the inside of housing body from opening portion.Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent from entering The liquid of gas port immersion reaches battery in housing etc..
Also, the housing construction in or, the second space portion 72 is formed at the rear end of the cap assembly 60 Side, extends from the opening portion 41 towards the rear side of the vehicle 1.
According to the structure, second space portion is formed at the rear end side of cap assembly, and from opening portion towards the vehicle after Side extend, therefore, it is possible to fully ensure in second space portion from opening portion to wall portion untill vehicle fore-and-aft direction on Distance.Thus, in the case of the inclined state of fore-and-aft direction in vehicle, also can effectively it prevent from air inlet Mouth invade the liquid such as the water in space between cap assembly and cover by side wall rebound and from opening portion to housing body 31 Inside intrusion.
Also, the housing construction in or, the opening portion 41 of the cover 40 is by the wall portion 42 of tubular Surround, the recess 43 for making the upper surface of the cover 40 be recessed and constitute is formed with the outside of the wall portion 42.
According to the structure, as long as because the liquid invaded from air inlet can not just be reached not across above-mentioned wall portion and recess Opening portion, enters opening portion therefore, it is possible to more efficiently prevent from liquid.
Also, the housing construction in or, the power equipment unit 20 is mounted in the bottom plate 9 of the vehicle 1 On, the power equipment 50 being accommodated in the housing body 31 of the power equipment unit 20 comprises at least vehicle traction Battery 50.
Constructed by the housing of the present invention, vehicle is accommodated with due to the liquid such as water can be prevented to be immersed in via air inlet In the housing body of the battery of driving, vehicle can be provided therefore, it is possible to effectively be cooled down using the air being taken into from air inlet The battery of the electric power of driving, and battery is avoided in the liquid such as water.
Also, the housing construction in or, the power equipment unit 20, which is configured in, is arranged on vehicle 1 The downside of seat 5 in compartment 7.Generally, even doing to have spilt the beverage of dress in a reservoir in the passenger for sitting vehicle on the seat In the case of liquid, the liquid also it is rare reach seat downside.Therefore, according to the structure, by by power equipment unit The downside for the seat being configured in the compartment for being arranged on vehicle, can effectively prevent the liquid such as water to be immersed in housing from air inlet The inside of main body.
Also, the housing construction in or, the air inlet 65 is configured as:It is completely mobile in the seat 5 State to the front side of the vehicle 1 is all housed in the seat 5 with the free position being moved fully in the state of rear side Position directly below.
According to the structure, it is moved fully to the state of the front side of vehicle in seat and is moved fully in the state of rear side Under free position, air inlet is all housed in the position directly below of seat, so as to more efficiently prevent from the liquid such as water from air inlet The inside of mouth immersion housing body.
In addition, being to regard the label of the structural element in embodiment described later as the present invention's for above-mentioned label One and show.
According to the housing of the power equipment unit of present invention construction, in the case that liquid is from air inlet intrusion, It can effectively prevent the liquid from reaching battery in housing etc..
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the general of the vehicle for the hybrid electric vehicle for showing the power equipment unit with an embodiment of the invention Sketch map.
Fig. 2 is the summary side elevation (partial sectional view) of power equipment unit and seat.
Fig. 3 be show the present invention the 1st embodiment power equipment unit cover and cap assembly structure figure, (a) it is approximate vertical view, (b) is the sectional view in the B1-B1 directions along in (a), and (c) is the section view in the C1-C1 directions along in (a) Figure.
Fig. 4 is the figure for being illustrated to the situation that liquid is invaded from air inlet, and (a) is to show vehicle on flat road The figure of the state of traveling, (b) is the figure for showing the state that vehicle is travelled on upward trend.
(a) and (b) is the side view for showing outline of the power equipment unit relative to the configuration structure of front chair in Fig. 5.
Fig. 6 be show the present invention the 2nd embodiment power equipment unit cover and cap assembly structure figure, (a) be outline stereogram, (b) is the sectional view along the B2-B2 directions in (a), and (c) is cuing open for the C2-C2 directions along in (a) View.
Fig. 7 is the figure for being illustrated to the situation that liquid is invaded from air inlet, and (a) is to show vehicle on flat road The figure of the state of traveling, (b) is the figure for showing the state that vehicle is travelled on upward trend.
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1:Vehicle;2:Engine room;3:Power unit;3a:Engine;3b:Dynamotor;5:Front chair (seat); 5a:Back-rest;5b:Portions;6:Back seat;6a:Backrest;7:Compartment;9:Bottom plate;10:Car body;15:Power cable;16: Front-wheel;17:Trailing wheel;18:Seat rail;20:Power equipment unit;30:Housing;31:Housing body;32:Opening;33:Store Portion;40:Cover;41:Opening portion;42:Surrounding wall (wall portion);43:Recess;50:Battery (power equipment);60:Cap assembly; 61:Roof;62:Antetheca;63:Rear wall;64:Side wall;65:Air inlet;68:Path;71:Front space portion (the first spatial portion); 72:Rear space portion (second space portion);73:Partition member;80:Carpet;81:Surface fastener (fixture);83:Cutting portion; 83a:End.
Embodiment
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention are described in detail referring to the drawings.In addition, in the following description, on Situation that is lower and all around waiting expression direction all represents the direction in vehicle 1 described later.Also, Fr and Rr points of the arrow in figure Not Biao Shi vehicle 1 front side (direction of advance) direction and the direction of rear side (direction of retreat).Also, hereinafter described horizontal stroke To, left and right directions, overall width direction all referring to the direct of travel (fore-and-aft direction) relative to vehicle 1 width.
(the 1st embodiment)
Fig. 1 is the vehicle for showing to be equipped with the hybrid electric vehicle of the power equipment unit of the 1st embodiment of the present invention Skeleton diagram.Vehicle 1 shown in the figure has the car body 10 of sheet metal, in the anterior engine room 2 of the car body 10 is configured at It is equipped with the power unit 3 that engine 3a and dynamotor 3b arrays are set.Dynamotor 3b is such as three-phase alternating current Motor.Vehicle 1 be by dynamotor 3b to the engine 3a as internal combustion engine be driven auxiliary and can be in car Slow down when etc. reclaim come automotor-generator 3b electric power hybrid electric vehicle vehicle.
In vehicle 1, engine 3a and dynamotor 3b driving force are delivered to the front-wheel 16 as driving wheel.And And, when transmitting driving force from front-wheel 16 to dynamotor 3b when the deceleration in vehicle 1 etc., dynamotor 3b is used as generating Machine function and produce so-called regenerative braking force, the kinetic energy of vehicle 1 is recovered as electric energy.The electric energy being recovered to is via rear The electric power converters such as the DC-to-AC converter included in high voltage installation stated and battery 50 is charged.
The rear of engine room 2 is provided with compartment 7, front chair 5 and back seat 6 are configured with the compartment 7.Also, The rear (top of trailing wheel 17) in compartment 7 is provided with the luggage separated across backrest 6a of back seat 6 etc. with compartment 7 Case (boot) 8.
Also, it is configured with the downside of the front chair 5 (driver's seat and front passenger's seat) in compartment 7 via power cable 15 The power equipment unit 20 being connected with power unit 3.Fig. 2 is the summary side elevation (part of power equipment unit 20 and front chair 5 Sectional view).In the figure, the component parts of the inside of the power equipment unit 20 in addition to battery 50 (high voltage installation, is matched somebody with somebody Electrical accessory, main switch etc.) it is omitted diagram.
As shown in Fig. 2 the upside of the bottom plate 9 in compartment 7 is provided with front chair 5.Front chair 5 has back-rest 5a and seat Portion 5b, the front chair 5 is installed on the seat rail 18 extended along the longitudinal direction in the top of bottom plate 9, and be supported to can Movement is slided in the same direction.
Also, power equipment unit 20 in the present embodiment, is equipped between bottom plate 9 and front chair 5.Power equipment Unit 20 is the unit for including following part:Battery 50;The high voltage installation sent and received for the electric power for controlling battery 50 With with electrical accessory (not shown);The main switch (not shown) of battery 50;And store the housing 30 of these component parts.
As shown in Fig. 2 etc., the housing 30 of power equipment unit 20 has:There is the housing body 31 that bottom is container-like;Cover shell The cover 40 on the top of phosphor bodies 31;And to cover that the opening portion 41 (reference picture 3) for being arranged at cover 40 is covered Part 60.Battery 50, high voltage installation are accommodated with housing body 31, with electrical accessory (high voltage part) etc..Housing Main body 31 is that have bottom container type with the opening 32 towards the upside of vehicle 1, and its internal turns into is used to store the grade of battery 50 Incorporating section 33.Cover 40 is the generally plate like part for the opening 32 for closing housing body 31.
On battery 50, detailed view is eliminated, but it is carried out according to by the integral state of multiple battery unit beams Set.Also, high voltage installation is that possess the DC-to-AC converter with inverter and the converter apparatus with DC/DC converters And the electronic equipment constituted.The electronic equipments such as ECU are additionally provided with high voltage installation.By means of the function of high voltage installation, And obtain DC current from battery 50 and the DC current is converted into three-phase alternating current, the electric current is supplied to electronic hair Motor 3b and dynamotor 3b is driven, and automotor-generator 3b in future regenerative current is converted into direct current Stream, so as to be charged to battery 50.
Fig. 3 is the figure of the structure of the cover 40 and cap assembly 60 that show power equipment unit 20, and (a) is the solid of outline Figure, (b) is the sectional view in the B1-B1 directions along in (a), and (c) is the sectional view in the C1-C1 directions along in (a).Such as the figure institute Show, cover 40 be the top covered in housing body 31 and install, generally generally plate like part, formed in cover 40 There is opening portion 41 that the inside with housing body 31 is connected, being made up of through hole.In the upper surface side of cover 40, it is provided with Surround the surrounding wall (wall portion) 42 of the tubular of opening portion 41.Also, it is formed with and is recessed downward in the outer circumferential side of surrounding wall 42 And the recess 43 constituted.Recess 43 is all around formed as week in the way of surrounding the periphery of surrounding wall 42 in opening portion 41 Shape.By means of surrounding wall 42, the upper end of opening portion 41 reaches the position higher than around the recess 43 of cover 40.
Cap assembly 60 has:The upper surface side being configured in cover 40 covers the top of opening portion 41 and its neighbouring top Wall 61;And the antetheca 62 and rear wall 63 and the side wall 64 of left and right extended downwards from the periphery of the roof 61.Also, in cover Multiple air inlets 65 being made up of the through hole of gap-like are formed with the antetheca 62 of part 60.Air inlet 65 is arranged at cap assembly 60 Whole antetheca 62 and side wall 64 a part (part for the front side of side wall 64).On the other hand, the rear end of cap assembly 60 is (another One end) side turns into the blocking wall that is made up of rear wall 63.
Also, in the power equipment unit 20, as the space (gap) surrounded by cap assembly 60 and cover 40, and Front space portion (the first spatial portion) 71 with front end (one end) side for being formed at cap assembly 60 and it is formed at cap assembly 60 The rear space portion (second space portion) 72 of rear end (other end) side.Front space portion 71 is located at the front side of opening portion 41, rear side Spatial portion 72 is located at the rear side of opening portion 41.Also, the direction of roof 61 from cap assembly 60 is provided with front space portion 71 The laminal partition member (fin) 73 of underface extension.By being separated out air inlet 65 and front side sky by the partition member 73 Between portion 71, the path 68 for reaching front space portion 71 and opening portion 41 from air inlet 65 turns into the shape in labyrinth-like.In addition, such as Shown in Fig. 3 (c), partition member 73 not only extends in the front side (in front space portion 71) of opening portion 41, also in opening portion 41 Left side and right side extension.
Also, in the power equipment unit 20, rear space portion 72 is formed as the space bigger than front space portion 71.Tool For body, length L2 on the fore-and-aft direction in rear space portion 72 is longer than length L1 on the fore-and-aft direction in front space portion 71 Size (L1 < L2).Rear space portion 72 is the space extended from opening portion 41 and recess 43 to the rear side of vehicle 1.More specifically For, here, the length dimension L2 on the fore-and-aft direction in rear space portion 72 is more than 3 times of the length (width) of recess 43 Size.
Also, as shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 (b), the ground being laid in compartment 7 is provided with the upper surface side of cover 40 Carpet (bottom plate carpet) 80 on face.Carpet 80 installs (stickup) in the upper of cover 40 by means of surface fastener (fixture) 81 Surface or the end upper surface of cap assembly 60 etc..Cap assembly 60 and air inlet 65 by be formed at the cutting portion 83 of carpet 80 and The upper surface side of carpet 80 is exposed.Therefore, the upper surface side quilt of the part in addition to cap assembly 60 of power equipment unit 20 Carpet 80 is covered.Also, as shown in Fig. 3 (b), the end of the front side of cap assembly 60 is with the cutting portion 83 with opposed carpet 80 End (inner edge portion) 83a docking state configuration, and between the end of cap assembly 60 and the end 83a in cutting portion 83 formed There is fraction of gap S.By the structure, in the case that the liquid such as beverage spill onto carpet 80, this can be also avoided Liquid easily invades the inside of cap assembly 60 from air inlet 65.
Fig. 4 is the figure for being illustrated to the situation that the liquid such as water are invaded from air inlet 65, and (a) is to show that vehicle 1 exists The figure of the state travelled on flat road, (b) is the figure for showing the state that vehicle 1 is travelled on upward trend.As shown in the drawing, inciting somebody to action In the case that the liquid such as water spill the foot to the front chair 5 in compartment 7 in large quantities, the liquid can entering from cap assembly 60 sometimes Gas port 65 invades the inside of housing 30.In this case, the liquid invaded from air inlet 65 enters the recessed of the front side of opening portion 41 In portion 43, and it is directed at this front space portion 71.In this case, the feelings rapidly invaded from air inlet 65 in liquid Under condition, the liquid is blocked and dripped to underface hence into recess 43 by partition member 73.By so there is partition member 73, it can prevent from not reaching front space portion 71 with not subtracting from the liquid impetus that air inlet 65 is invaded.
Periphery of the liquid in front space portion 71 along opening portion 41 (surrounding wall 42) is so reached in recess 43 to advance And it is directed to rear side from the front side of opening portion 41.Thus, liquid reaches rear space portion 72.It is not only because vehicle 1 exists Traveling on upward trend and it is inclined in the longitudinal direction as shown in the Fig. 4 of vehicle 1 (b) in the case of, in liquid from air inlet 65 rapidly invade in the case of be also same.
The liquid for reaching rear space portion 72 rapidly flows out from recess 43 and flowed towards the rear end in rear space portion 72. In the case of the flows faster of liquid, liquid hits and rebounded with rear wall 63.However, here, by by rear space portion 72 Front and rear length L2 be set to large scale, therefore cross recess 43 without the liquid for worrying to hit and rebound with rear wall 63 and enclose Enter opening portion 41 around wall 42.I.e., in the present embodiment, by the way that rear space portion 72 is formed as than front space portion 71 Big space, can effectively mitigate the influence from liquid (by the rear wall 63 or side wall 64) bounce-back such as water of the intrusion of air inlet 65. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the liquid such as the water invaded from air inlet 65 from being entered from opening portion 41 in housing body 31.
As described above, according to the power equipment unit 20 of present embodiment, from the air inlet 65 of cap assembly 60 The liquid such as the water being flowed into the space between the cap assembly 60 and cover 40 are by from front side spatial portion (the first spatial portion) 71 Guide to rear space portion (second space portion) 72.Now, by the way that rear space portion 72 is formed as into bigger than front space portion 71 Space, and make it that the liquid such as water is swimmingly guided to rear space portion 72 from front side spatial portion 71.Also, even in entrance The feelings that liquid to rear space portion 72 is rebounded by the surrounding wall 42 of the rear wall 63 of cap assembly 60 or the opening portion 41 of cover 40 Under condition, also it can effectively prevent the liquid from entering the inside of housing body 31 from opening portion 41.Therefore, it is possible to effectively prevent The liquid only immersed from air inlet 65 reaches battery 50 in housing 30 etc..
Also, in housing construction, power equipment unit 20 is mounted on the bottom plate 9 of vehicle 1, in power equipment unit The battery 50 of vehicle traction is accommodated with 20 housing body 31 as power equipment.
Constructed by above-mentioned housing, can prevent the liquid such as water are immersed in from air inlet 65 to be accommodated with vehicle traction In the housing body 31 of battery 50, vehicle 1 can be provided therefore, it is possible to effectively be cooled down using the air being taken into from air inlet 65 The battery 50 of the electric power of driving, and battery 50 can be avoided in the liquid such as water.
Also, in housing construction, power equipment unit 20 is configured in the seat in the compartment 7 for being arranged on vehicle 1 The downside of (front chair) 5.Generally, do to have spilt the liquid such as the beverage of dress in a reservoir even in the passenger for the vehicle 1 being sitting on seat 5 In the case of body, the liquid also can seldom reach the downside (underface side) of seat 5.Therefore, by by power equipment unit 20 The downside for the seat 5 being configured in the compartment 7 for being arranged on vehicle 1, can effectively prevent the liquid such as water from being immersed from air inlet 65 The inside of housing body 31.
Fig. 5 is the figure illustrated for the position relationship to front chair 5 and the air inlet 65 of cap assembly 60, the figure (a) it is to be showing along the figure that the movable front chair 5 of seat rail 18 (reference picture 2) is located at the most state of the position of front side, (b) of the figure is to be shown at the most figure of the state of the position of side rearward.In addition, the diagram of seat rail 18 is saved in the figure Slightly.As shown in the drawing, it is located at the most state of the position of front side and any shape positioned at the most state of the position of rear side in front chair 5 Under state, the air inlet 65 of cap assembly 60 is all located at the position directly below of front chair 5.That is, it is configured to along before seat rail 18 The front chair 5 moved afterwards is in the state of arbitrary position, and air inlet scope M1 is housed in seat scope M2.
In the housing construction of present embodiment, it is configured to like this:Vehicle 1 is moved fully in seat (front chair) 5 Front side state and be moved fully to rear side state free position under, air inlet 65 be all housed in front chair 5 just under Orientation is put, so as to more efficiently prevent from the inside that the liquid such as water immerse housing body 31 from air inlet 65.
Also, in housing construction, the rear end side in cap assembly 60 is formed by making rear space portion 72, and from opening Portion 41 towards vehicle 1 rear side extend, can fully ensure in rear space portion 72 from opening portion 41 untill rear wall 63 The distance on the fore-and-aft direction of vehicle 1.Thus, even in causing the fore-and-aft direction of vehicle 1 because of traveling of upward trend etc. In the case of heeling condition, it also can effectively prevent from invading between cap assembly 60 and cover 40 from air inlet 65 The liquid such as the water in space are rebounded and invaded from opening portion 41 inside of housing body 31 by rear wall 63.
Also, in the housing construction of present embodiment, the air inlet 65 for being arranged at cap assembly 60 is not only arranged at cover portion The antetheca 62 of part 60 is also extended the side wall 64 to left and right from antetheca 62., can be from multiple directions to cover portion by the structure The inside of part 60 is taken into the air of cooling, therefore in the case of just in case a part for air inlet 65 is blocked, also can Enough ensure the air of the cooling needed for the cooling of battery 50.Therefore, it is possible to maintain for the blocked situation of air inlet 65 Cooling performance.
Also, present embodiment housing construction in, be provided between air inlet 65 and opening portion 41 recess 43 and Partition member 73, and configured opening portion 41 in higher position by surrounding wall 42.Thus, by will from air inlet 65 to Path 68 untill opening portion 41 is formed as labyrinth-like, so that situation about being invaded even in contingency foreign matter or liquid from air inlet 65 Under, it also can effectively suppress the inside that these foreign matters or liquid enter housing 30 from opening portion 41.It is thereby achieved that for different The housing that the patience of the intrusion of thing or liquid is high is constructed.Especially by being provided with partition member 73 so that invaded from air inlet 65 The liquid entered is blocked and dripped to downside (towards recess 43) by the partition member 73.Therefore, even in liquid from air inlet 65 In the case of rapidly invading, it can be also more reliably prevented from into opening portion 41.
(the 2nd embodiment)
Then, second embodiment of the present invention is illustrated.In addition, in the explanation of second embodiment and corresponding In accompanying drawing, for marking identical label with first embodiment structure division identically or comparably, the hereinafter part Detailed description is omitted.Also, it is on the item beyond item described below, then identical with first embodiment.
Fig. 6 is the cover 40 and the knot of cap assembly 60 for the power equipment unit 20 for showing the 2nd embodiment of the present invention The figure of structure, (a) is the stereogram of cover 40, and (b) is the sectional view in the B2-B2 directions along in (a), and (c) is along in (a) The sectional view in C2-C2 directions.In the housing construction of the 1st embodiment, rear space portion 72 is formed as than front space portion 71 big spaces, and in the housing construction of present embodiment, front space portion 71 is formed as bigger than rear space portion 72 Space.Specifically, the length L1 on the fore-and-aft direction in front space portion 71 is on the fore-and-aft direction than rear space portion 72 The size (L2 < L1) of length L2 length.
Fig. 6 is for constructing the situation progress that the liquid such as reclaimed water are invaded from air inlet 65 in the housing of the 2nd embodiment The figure of explanation, (a) is the figure for showing the state that vehicle 1 is travelled on flat road, and (b) is to show that vehicle 1 is travelled on upward trend State figure.As shown in the drawing, in the housing construction of present embodiment, spill in large quantities to compartment 7 by liquid such as water In the case of the foot of interior front chair 5, the liquid can also invade the inside of housing 30 from the air inlet 65 of cap assembly 60 sometimes. In this case, the liquid invaded from air inlet 65 is dripped because being blocked by partition member 73 to underface, so as to pass through path 68 are directed to front space portion 71.In this case, it is also due to prevent from air inlet 65 with partition member 73 The liquid impetus of intrusion reaches front space portion 71 with not subtracting.Also, due to present embodiment front space portion 71 fully The length on fore-and-aft direction is ensure that, therefore, is exceeded front space portion 71 and reached by the liquid that partition member 73 weakens the impetus The possibility of opening portion 41 above is reduced.Also, recess 43 is provided with by the rearward end in front space portion 71, also can Liquid is avoided to reach opening portion 41.
In addition, the part for invading the liquid in front space portion 71 is arrived through the sidepiece of opening portion 41 (surrounding wall 42) Up to rear space portion 72, and in the present embodiment by the way that front space portion 71 is configured into sufficiently large space, reach rear side The liquid of spatial portion 72 turns into fewer amount.Thus, reach the liquid in rear space portion 72 by rear wall 63 rebound and from opening The possibility that portion 41 is invaded into housing 30 is reduced.
Embodiments of the present invention are illustrated above, but the invention is not restricted to above-mentioned embodiment, will in right Various modifications can be carried out in the range of book and technological thought described in specification and drawings by asking.For example, in above-mentioned implementation In mode, as the vehicle of the power equipment unit with the present invention, the vehicle of hybrid electric vehicle has been illustrated, but as long as this The vehicle of invention is the vehicle for the power equipment unit for possessing the battery with vehicle traction, then is not limited to above-mentioned mixing and moves The vehicle of power car, can also apply to the other kinds of automobile such as motor automobile.

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1. a kind of housing construction of power equipment unit, it is stored to the power equipment for being equipped on vehicle, it is characterised in that The housing construction of the power equipment unit has:
Housing body, it stores the power equipment, and top is open;
Cover, it covers the top of the housing body;And
Cap assembly, it is installed in the cover, is at least covered in the opening portion formed on the cover,
As the space surrounded by the cap assembly and the cover, with the vehicle for being formed at the cap assembly First spatial portion of the side on fore-and-aft direction and the second space portion for the another side for being formed at the cap assembly,
The second space portion is formed as the space bigger than first spatial portion,
The air inlet for being taken into air from outside is formed with a side for the cap assembly.
2. the housing construction of power equipment unit according to claim 1, it is characterised in that
The second space portion is formed at the rear end side of the cap assembly, from the opening portion towards the vehicle on rear side of prolong Stretch.
3. the housing construction of power equipment unit according to claim 1 or 2, it is characterised in that
The opening portion of the cover is surrounded by the wall portion of tubular,
The recess for making the upper surface of the cover be recessed and constitute is formed with the outside of the wall portion.
4. the housing construction of the power equipment unit described in any one in claims 1 to 3, it is characterised in that
The power equipment unit is mounted on the bottom plate of the vehicle,
The power equipment being accommodated in the housing body of the power equipment unit comprises at least vehicle traction Battery.
5. the housing construction of the power equipment unit described in any one in claims 1 to 3, it is characterised in that
The power equipment unit is configured in the downside for the seat being arranged in the compartment of the vehicle.
6. the housing construction of power equipment unit according to claim 5, it is characterised in that
The air inlet is configured as:After the seat is moved fully to the state of the front side of the vehicle and is moved fully to Under free position in the state of side, the air inlet is all housed in the position directly below of the seat.
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