IP Library Granted Patent US 10,358,024
Granted Patent B2
US 10,358,024 · App. 16/128,771 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Electric-drive vehicle structure

Inventors: Toshimitsu Yugami (Hiroshima, JP); Ikuo Nonaka (Hiroshima, JP); Yoshiaki Noguchi (Hiroshima, JP); Koji Jahara (Higashihiroshima, JP); Takashi Hamada (Aki-gun, JP); Tadasuke Abe (Hatsukaichi, JP); Kazuki Hirota (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
B60K1/04B62D21/152B60K2001/0411B60Y2400/61
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Patent No.
US 10,358,024
App. No.
16/128,771
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric-drive vehicle structure is provided, which includes a cross member bridged between side frames in a front part of a vehicle, a motor suspended below the cross member, a tray fixed to an upper surface of the cross member, and an electric unit for driving a motor, fixed onto the tray. A front edge of the electric unit is located forward of a front edge of the cross member, and the tray has a front edge located, throughout a width thereof, forward of the electric unit.

Claims (12)

1. An electric-drive vehicle structure, comprising:

a cross member bridged between front side frames in a front of a vehicle;

a motor suspended below the cross member;

a tray fixed to an upper surface of the cross member; and

an electric unit for driving a motor, fixed onto the tray,

wherein a front edge of the electric unit is located forward of a front edge of the cross member,

wherein the tray has a front edge located, throughout a width thereof, forward of the electric unit,

wherein the front edge of the tray is a wall part rising substantially vertically,

wherein a longitudinal dimension of the tray is greater than a longitudinal dimension of the cross member, and

wherein the tray has attachment pieces aligned with attachment seats provided to a lower part of the electric unit, at locations forward of the cross member and rearward of the cross member.

2. The electric-drive vehicle structure of claim 1 , wherein the tray has a first bottom part fastened to the upper surface of the cross member, and a second bottom part that is formed continuously from a front part of the first bottom part and located higher than the first bottom part, and

wherein the attachment seats are provided to the second bottom part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2018
From: YUGAMI, TOSHIMITSU; NONAKA, IKUO; NOGUCHI, YOSHIAKI; JAHARA, KOJI; HAMADA, TAKASHI; ABE, TADASUKE; HIROTA, KAZUKI
To: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046849/0710 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-178734 · Sep 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190084397A1 · Mar 21, 2019
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