DUST COLLECTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH DUST COLLECTING DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dust collecting device capable of collecting dust outside of a vehicle cabin by using electric power generated by a prime mover at the time of deceleration of a vehicle, and a vehicle equipped with the dust collecting device.

SOLUTION: The vehicle 1 is equipped with the dust collecting device 70 having a rotating electric machine MG2 as the prime mover, and actuated by being supplied with electric power obtained from regenerative braking of the rotating electric machine MG2. The dust collecting device 70 collects dust outside of the vehicle cabin such as brake dregs generated from a friction brake 47. The electric power required for the actuation of the dust collecting device 70 can be covered by electric power obtained by regenerative braking at the time of deceleration of the vehicle. Therefore, the vehicle equipped with the dust collecting device collecting dust outside of the vehicle cabin can be materialized without enlarging a battery or a generator mounted on the vehicle.

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