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Granted Patent B2
US 10,293,697 · App. 15/684,457 · Granted May 21, 2019

Vehicle

Inventor: Shinya Goitsuka (Okazaki, JP)
Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,293,697
App. No.
15/684,457
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrically powered vehicle includes: a floor panel forming a lower surface of the electrically powered vehicle; a battery disposed on a lower surface of the floor panel; and a power reception device disposed below the floor panel and configured to contactlessly receive electric power from a power transmission device provided externally. The power reception device has a lower surface that is located below a lower surface of the battery. The electrically powered vehicle is one of various kinds of vehicles such as a hybrid vehicle and an electric vehicle, in which protection of the battery is achieved.

Claims (17)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a floor panel forming a lower surface of the vehicle;

a battery disposed on a lower surface of the floor panel; and

a power reception device disposed below the floor panel and configured to contactlessly receive electric power from a power transmission device provided externally,

the power reception device having a lower surface that is located below a lower surface of the battery,

wherein the power reception device is disposed on the lower surface of the battery.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an engine; and

a fuel tank for storing fuel to be supplied to the engine, wherein

the fuel tank has a lower surface that is located above the lower surface of the power reception device.

3. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an engine; and

a fuel tank for storing fuel to be supplied to the engine, wherein

the fuel tank has a lower surface that is located above the lower surface of the power reception device and the lower surface of the battery.

4. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein a travelling distance that the vehicle can travel with fuel fully filling the fuel tank is longer than a travelling distance that the vehicle can travel with electric power from the battery fully charged.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a charging unit to which a charging plug provided externally is connected, the charging unit being configured to supply, to the battery, electric power supplied through the charging plug, wherein

the charging unit is disposed above the floor panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2017
From: GOITSUKA, SHINYA
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 043374/0472 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-172879 · Sep 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180065490A1 · Mar 8, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,240,311