In-vehicle structure of electrical equipment
In an engine compartment, an engine, a generator using the engine as a power source, a motor for driving the vehicle, and a gear box are arranged in alignment in a vehicle width direction. The first high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on a generating unit that includes the engine and the generator. The second high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on a drive unit that includes the motor and the gear box. The first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment are coupled by a coupling member that extends substantially horizontally in the vehicle width direction and supports the high-voltage equipment, against a falling load directed from one thereof toward the other.
1. An in-vehicle structure disposed in an engine compartment in a front portion of a vehicle, the in-vehicle structure comprising:
a power generator that includes an engine and a generator that uses the engine as a power source;
a drive system having a motor that supplies drive power to the vehicle;
first high-voltage equipment;
second high-voltage equipment; and
a mechanical coupler including a longitudinal plate that spans a gap between the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment, the mechanical coupler couples a top of the first high-voltage equipment to a top of the second high-voltage equipment, wherein
the power generator and the drive system are arranged in alignment in a vehicle width direction in the engine compartment,
the first high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on one of the power generator and the drive system, wherein vertically provided for equipment means a main face of the equipment is longer than a side face of the equipment, and the main face extends in a vertical direction,
the second high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on the power generator under a condition the first high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on the drive system, and second high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on the drive system under a condition the first high-voltage equipment is vertically provided on the power generator, and
the mechanical coupler extends horizontally in the vehicle width direction, and supports the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment against a falling load imposed on at least one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment as a result of a vehicle collision.
2. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the first high-voltage equipment is electrical equipment configured to charge a battery via the generator, and
the second high-voltage equipment is electrical equipment configured to control a drive operation of the motor by the battery.
3. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 1 further comprising:
a high-voltage harness that connects the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment, wherein
an upper side of the high-voltage harness is covered with the mechanical coupler.
4. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 2 further comprising:
a high-voltage harness that connects the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment, wherein
an upper side of the high-voltage harness is covered with the mechanical coupler.
5. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein
a front end of the first high-voltage equipment extends further to a front side of the vehicle in comparison with a front end of the second high-voltage equipment, and
a longitudinal width of the mechanical coupler is shaped to gradually increase from the second high-voltage equipment, and a front edge of the mechanical coupler is inclined to the front of the vehicle from the second high-voltage equipment toward the first high-voltage equipment.
6. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 2 , wherein
a front end of the first high-voltage equipment extends further to a front side of the vehicle in comparison with a front end of the second high-voltage equipment, and
a longitudinal width of the mechanical coupler is shaped to gradually increase from the second high-voltage equipment, and a front edge of the mechanical coupler is inclined to the front of the vehicle from the second high-voltage equipment toward the first high-voltage equipment.
7. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 3 , wherein
a front end of the first high-voltage equipment extends further to a front side of the vehicle in comparison with a front end of the second high-voltage equipment, and
a longitudinal width of the mechanical coupler is shaped to gradually increase from the second high-voltage equipment, and a front edge of the mechanical coupler is inclined to the front of the vehicle from the second high-voltage equipment toward the first high-voltage equipment.
8. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein
one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment is elastically supported on the power generator or on the drive system such that an inclination of the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment to the other when the falling load is imposed.
9. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 2 , wherein
one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment is elastically supported on the power generator or on the drive system such that an inclination of the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment to the other when the falling load is imposed.
10. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 3 , wherein
one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment is elastically supported on the power generator or on the drive system such that an inclination of the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment to the other when the falling load is imposed.
11. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 5 , wherein
one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment is elastically supported on the power generator or on the drive system such that an inclination of the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment to the other when the falling load is imposed.
12. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the mechanical coupler elastically receives one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment in response to the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment being inclined to the other of the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment when the falling load is imposed.
13. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the mechanical coupler elastically receives one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment in response to the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment being inclined to the other of the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment when the falling load is imposed.
14. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 3 , wherein
the mechanical coupler elastically receives one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment in response to the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment being inclined to the other of the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment when the falling load is imposed.
15. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 5 , wherein
the mechanical coupler elastically receives one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment in response to the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment being inclined to the other of the one of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment when the falling load is imposed.
16. The in-vehicle structure according claim 1 , wherein
the mechanical coupler has a U-shaped cross-sectional shape in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
17. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein
respective heights of upper sides of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment match each other, and the mechanical coupler couples the upper sides of the first high-voltage equipment and the second high-voltage equipment.
18. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein
main faces of the first high-voltage equipment are orthogonal to main faces of the second high-voltage equipment.
19. The in-vehicle structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the first high-voltage equipment comprises an AC-to-DC converter, and
the second high-voltage equipment includes a DC/DC converter and an inverter.