IP Library Granted Patent US 11,897,323
Granted Patent B2
US 11,897,323 · App. 17/417,264 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Vehicle mounting structure for power storage device

Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi (Yokkaichi, JP); Hiroki Hirai (Yokkaichi, JP); Ryoya Okamoto (Yokkaichi, JP); Taiji Yanagida (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
B60K1/04B60L50/64B60R16/0207H01M50/209H01M50/249H01M50/298B60K2001/0438
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Patent No.
US 11,897,323
App. No.
17/417,264
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle mounting structure including: a vehicle frame having a floor panel mounted thereabove; and a power storage device assembled under the vehicle frame, wherein: a protrusion is arranged in the power storage device that can be vertically fitted into a recess in the vehicle frame, and a plurality of electrical wires are arranged inside the protrusion arranged in the power storage device.

Claims (20)

1. A vehicle mounting structure comprising:

a vehicle frame having a floor panel mounted thereabove;

a power storage device assembled under the vehicle frame; and

a continuous metal cover covering the power storage device, wherein:

a protrusion, which is a protruding part of the continuous metal cover, is vertically fitted into a recess in the vehicle frame, and

a plurality of electrical wires are arranged within a space between an underside of the protrusion and an upper side of the power storage device.

2. The vehicle mounting structure according to claim 1 , wherein:

the power storage device is provided with:

(i) a plurality of power storage modules, and

(ii) a power storage cover, which is the continuous metal cover, assembled to the plurality of power storage modules so as to cover tops of the plurality of power storage modules; and

in the power storage cover, the plurality of electrical wires is aligned flat and fixed along a surface of the power storage cover.

3. The vehicle mounting structure according to claim 2 , wherein:

the plurality of electrical wires include:

(i) a plurality of small-diameter electrical wires, and

(ii) a plurality of large-diameter electrical wires whose diameter is larger than that of the plurality of small-diameter electrical wires; and

a horizontal width dimension of a large-diameter electrical wire of the plurality of large-diameter electrical wires is set to be larger than a vertical height dimension of the large-diameter electrical wire.

4. The vehicle mounting structure according to claim 2 , wherein:

the plurality of electrical wires is fixed to a surface at a power storage modules side of the power storage cover.

5. The vehicle mounting structure according to claim 3 , wherein:

a predetermined number of electrical wires of the plurality of electrical wires connect the plurality of power storage modules with each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2021
From: YAMAGUCHI, KOJI; HIRAI, HIROKI; OKAMOTO, RYOYA; YANAGIDA, TAIJI
To: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.; SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-242444 · Dec 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220063425A1 · Mar 3, 2022
Cited By (1)
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