US 12,246,777 B2
Vehicle-body structure with heat exchanger
Hiroshi Tanaka, Hiroshima (JP); Takuma Inami, Hiroshima (JP); Nobuyuki Nakayama, Hiroshima (JP); and Hiroyuki Baba, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed by Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima (JP)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,037.
Application 17/940,037 is a continuation of application No. 17/938,942, filed on Sep. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/403,800, filed on Sep. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095256 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 25/20 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/24 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 25/2045 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00392 (2013.01); B60H 1/00564 (2013.01); B60H 1/00571 (2013.01); B60H 1/246 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B62D 25/2018 (2013.01); B60K 2001/006 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle-body structure provided in an automobile, the vehicle-body structure comprising:
a floor panel extending in a vehicle front-rear direction;
a dash panel extending upward from a front portion of the floor panel and partitioning a vehicle front portion of an occupant space;
a heat exchanger disposed on a vehicle front side of the dash panel;
a controller that is disposed in the occupant space and controls a control target unit mounted on the automobile; and
a supply pipe through which a heat exchange medium subjected to heat exchange at the heat exchanger is supplied to the controller, wherein
the heat exchanger is closer to the controller than a powertrain mounted on the automobile.