Cable connecting structure of battery pack
A cable connecting structure of a battery pack, the battery pack which is provided in a vehicle, the cable connecting structure includes: a plurality of cable side connectors which are provided at ends of a plurality of cables, respectively, and which are connected to the battery pack; and a plurality of battery pack side connectors to which the cable side connectors are detachably mounted, and which are arranged in parallel along a peripheral direction of a peripheral wall of the battery pack. In a state where the cable side connectors are mounted to the battery pack side connectors, portions of the cables which are respectively withdrawn from the cable side connectors are extended along the peripheral wall.
1. A cable connecting structure of a battery pack for a vehicle, the cable connecting structure comprising:
a plurality of cable side connectors which are provided at ends of a plurality of cables, respectively, and which are connected to the battery pack; and
a plurality of battery pack side connectors to which the cable side connectors are detachably connected, wherein said battery pack side connectors are arranged in parallel in a peripheral direction along a peripheral wall of the battery pack, wherein,
the peripheral wall includes a front wall directed to a front side of the vehicle, and a rear wall directed to a rear side of the vehicle, a left side wall directed to a left side in a lateral direction, and a right side wall directed to a right side in the lateral direction, and
the cable side connectors are connected to the battery pack side connectors, and portions of the cables which extend from the cable side connectors extend along the peripheral wall.
2. The cable connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein,
the cable side connectors are connected to the battery pack side connectors, and the cables that extend from the cable side connectors are parallel to each other.
3. The cable connecting structure according to claim 2 , wherein
at least one of the battery pack side connectors has an axis inclined with respect to the peripheral wall, in a plan view of the battery pack, and
the portion of the cable extending from the cable side connector which is connected to said at least one battery pack side connector extends away from the peripheral wall.
4. The cable connecting structure according to claim 2 , wherein
the battery pack side connectors have mounting faces to which the cable side connectors are connected, and
the mounting face of one of the battery pack side connectors is positioned at a different distance from the peripheral wall of the battery pack than the mounting face of another battery pack side connector.
5. The cable connecting structure according to claim 2 , wherein,
the battery pack side connectors have mounting faces to which the cable side connectors are connected, and
at least two of the mounting faces of the battery pack side connectors are positioned at the same distance from the peripheral wall of the battery pack.
6. The cable connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein
at least two of the cables are respectively connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of a charging port of a vehicle which is connected to an external power supply, and
two battery pack side connectors to which the cable side connectors of the at least two cables are connected are disposed on one of a front face and a rear face of the peripheral wall of the battery pack.
7. The cable connecting structure according to claim 1 , wherein
the battery pack side connectors are arranged spaced from each other in a first direction which is the peripheral direction along the peripheral wall of the battery pack, and
the portions of the cables which extend from the cable side connectors extend along the peripheral wall parallel to the first direction.