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Granted Patent B2
US 7,978,481 · App. 12/084,291 · Granted Jul 12, 2011

Harness routing structure

Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 7,978,481
App. No.
12/084,291
Granted
Jul 12, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A harness routing structure comprises: a battery case that defines an internal space which houses a battery and an electric appliance on a hybrid motor vehicle, and that is formed of a first member; a reinforcement that is provided in the battery case, and that is formed of a second member having a greater strength than the first member and that reinforces the battery case; and a harness routed at a position along the reinforcement.

Claims (13)

1. A harness routing structure for a vehicle comprising:

a case body adapted to be placed in said vehicle such that a shorter side thereof substanitally coincides with the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a longer side thereof substantially coincides with the transverse direction of the vehicle, defining an internal space which houses a high-voltage electric component part in the vehicle, and being formed of a first member;

a reinforcing member provided on the case body, formed of a second member having a greater strength than the first member, and reinforcing the case body; and

a harness routed at a position along the reinforcing member, wherein the high-voltage electric component part is a battery unit that includes a battery and an appliance juxtaposed with the battery in a vehicular transverse direction,

the harness is connected to the high-voltage electric component part, and

the reinforcing member is provided on a vehicular rearward side of the case body so as to be astride the battery and the appliance.

2. The harness routing structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is disposed at a side of the harness opposite from the high-voltage electric component part housed in the internal space, in a sectional view taken on a plane orthogonal to an extending direction of the harness.

3. The harness routing structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is angularly bent so that a recess portion is formed at a side of the harness opposite from the high-voltage electric component part housed in the internal space, and faces the harness, in a sectional view taken on a plane orthogonal to an extending direction of the harness.

4. The harness routing structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is curved so that a recess portion is formed at a side of the harness opposite from the high-voltage electric component part housed in the internal space, and faces the harness, in a sectional view taken on a plane orthogonal to an extending direction of the harness.

5. The harness routing structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the harness is routed in the internal space.

6. The harness routing structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the harness is routed outside the internal space.

7. The harness routing structure for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is formed of a metal.

8. The harness routing structure for a vehicle according to claim 7 , wherein the reinforcing member is formed of a steel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2008
From: TSUCHIYA, TAKENORI; SUZUKI, TAKAHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 020921/0918 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-336030 · Nov 21, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090129044A1 · May 21, 2009