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US 12,319,203 · App. 18/342,989 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Vehicle-mounted device-fixing structure

Inventor: Makoto Hidaka (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R11/00B60R16/033
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Patent No.
US 12,319,203
App. No.
18/342,989
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The vehicle-mounted device-fixing structure includes a vehicle-mounted device, a first bracket that is fixed to the vehicle-mounted device, and a second bracket that is fixed to the vehicle-mounted device. The first bracket has a first fastening member that is fastened to a first fastening surface provided on a vehicle. The second bracket has a second fastening member that is fastened to a second fastening surface provided on the vehicle. The first fastening member includes a first contact surface that contacts the first fastening surface, and the second fastening member includes a second contact surface that contacts the second fastening surface. An angle formed between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is an obtuse angle.

Claims (21)

1. A vehicle-mounted device-fixing structure comprising:

a vehicle-mounted device that is mounted on a vehicle;

a first bracket that is fixed to the vehicle-mounted device; and

a second bracket that is fixed to the vehicle-mounted device, wherein

the first bracket includes a first fastening member that is fastened to a first fastening surface provided on the vehicle,

the second bracket includes a second fastening member that is fastened to a second fastening surface provided on the vehicle,

the first fastening member includes a first contact surface that contacts the first fastening surface,

the second fastening member includes a second contact surface that contacts the second fastening surface, and

an angle formed between the first contact surface and the second contact surface is an obtuse angle;

wherein the first fastening surface is formed by a side surface of a battery pack mounted on the vehicle, and

the vehicle-mounted device is a blower for cooling the battery pack.

2. The vehicle-mounted device-fixing structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the vehicle includes a housing for housing the battery pack and the vehicle-mounted device,

the housing has an opposing wall opposed to the side surface of the battery pack,

the vehicle-mounted device is disposed between the side surface of the battery pack and the opposing wall, and

the second bracket is shaped in such a manner that it extends from the vehicle-mounted device in a direction intersecting a direction along which the side surface of the battery pack and the opposing wall are joined to each other.

3. The vehicle-mounted device-fixing structure according to claim 2 , wherein

the second fastening surface is formed on a mounting bracket for mounting the battery pack to the housing.

4. The vehicle-mounted device-fixing structure according to claim 3 , wherein

the mounting bracket has a fixed surface that is fixed to the housing, and

an angle formed between the second fastening surface and the fixed surface is an acute angle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2023
From: HIDAKA, MAKOTO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 064095/0288 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-134849 · Aug 26, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240067101A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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