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Granted Patent B2
US 12,589,810 · App. 18/602,198 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Engine compartment mounted structure

Inventor: Kozo Yamamoto (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B62D25/082B60L53/16B60R16/03
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Patent No.
US 12,589,810
App. No.
18/602,198
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An engine compartment mounted structure is provided with an engine mounted in an engine compartment of a vehicle, a charger mounted on the vehicle upper side of the transaxle mounted in the engine compartment and side by side in a vehicle width direction in a plan view, and a charging cable arranged from the charger to a charging port for external power supply connection provided on an outer plate of the vehicle, and the charging cable is arranged through a space between the engine and the charger.

Claims (6)

1 . An engine compartment mounted structure comprising:

an engine mounted in an engine compartment of a vehicle;

a charger mounted above a transaxle mounted in the engine compartment in a vehicle up-down direction and mounted side by side in a vehicle width direction with the engine in a plan view; and

a charging cable routed from the charger to a charging port for external power supply connection provided on an outer plate of the vehicle, wherein the charging cable is routed through a space between the engine and the charger.

2 . The engine compartment mounted structure according to claim 1 , wherein the charging cable is routed from a side of the charger facing the engine in the vehicle width direction to a vehicle rear side.

3 . The engine compartment mounted structure according to claim 2 , wherein the charging cable routed from the side of the charger facing the engine in the vehicle width direction to the vehicle rear side is fixed to a dash panel in a deflected state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2024
From: YAMAMOTO, KOZO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066727/0715 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-116139 · Jul 14, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250019004A1 · Jan 16, 2025
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