IP Library Granted Patent US 10,543,796
Granted Patent B2
US 10,543,796 · App. 16/012,770 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Protection device for vehicle electrical component

Inventors: Tsutomu Isafushi (Saitama, JP); Yoshikazu Mukaiyama (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
B60R16/04F02N11/10H01M2/1083B60R2011/0038H01M2220/20
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Patent No.
US 10,543,796
App. No.
16/012,770
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a protection device for a vehicle electrical component capable of preventing damage to a predetermined electrical component due to hitting by a battery, and also capable of reducing noise/vibration. The disclosure is a protection device which protects a starter in a vehicle in which a battery and the starter are disposed to face each other with a space therebetween in an engine room of the vehicle in which components constituting a power plant or a power train are supported by a vehicle body via a mount and a bracket. The skid block serving as the protection device includes bracket attachment portions attached to a transmission attachment portion of the bracket, and a skid block main body extending upward from the bracket attachment portions and gradually away from the bracket extension portion, and having a distal end portion positioned between the battery and the starter and facing the battery.

Claims (18)

1. A protection device for a vehicle electrical component which protects an electrical component in a vehicle in which a battery and a predetermined electrical component are disposed to face each other with a space therebetween in an engine room of the vehicle in which components constituting a power plant or a power train are supported by a vehicle body via a mount and a bracket, wherein the bracket includes:

a mount attachment portion attached to the mount fixed to the vehicle body;

a bracket extension portion extending downward from the mount attachment portion; and

a constituent component attachment portion provided at a lower end portion of the bracket extension portion and attached to a component constituting the power plant or the power train,

the protection device for a vehicle electrical component comprising:

a protection block attached to the bracket and configured to protect the electrical component, wherein

the protection block includes:

a bracket attachment portion attached to the constituent component attachment portion; and

a protection block main body extending upward from the bracket attachment portion and gradually away from the bracket extension portion, and having a distal end portion positioned between the battery and the electrical component and facing the battery.

2. The protection device for a vehicle electrical component according to claim 1 , wherein a flat facing surface disposed substantially in parallel to a surface of the battery on the electrical component side is provided in the distal end portion of the protection block main body.

3. The protection device for a vehicle electrical component according to claim 2 , wherein:

the battery includes:

a battery main body; and

a support case supporting the battery main body from below, wherein

the support case includes a wall portion facing the facing surface of the protection block main body.

4. The protection device for a vehicle electrical component according to claim 3 , wherein the electrical component is a starter which starts an engine.

5. The protection device for a vehicle electrical component according to claim 2 , wherein the electrical component is a starter which starts an engine.

6. The protection device for a vehicle electrical component according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical component is a starter which starts an engine.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 29, 2018
From: ISAFUSHI, TSUTOMU; MUKAIYAMA, YOSHIKAZU
To: HONDA MOTOR CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 046235/0026 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-130264 · Jul 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190001898A1 · Jan 3, 2019
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