Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10040413-B2
Application number	US-201715416006-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Priority date	Jan 27, 2016
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle includes: a body forming a floor portion in a vehicle compartment; a console box provided on the body and placed in the vehicle compartment; a battery provided below the console box; a battery case configured to accommodate the battery; and a fastening member and a fastening member configured to fasten the console box to the body side and the battery case side, respectively. With such a configuration, there is provided a vehicle capable of supporting a console box in a vehicle compartment without causing an increase in weight and a higher cost.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a body forming a floor portion in a vehicle compartment;
a console box provided on the body and placed in the vehicle compartment, the console box having an accommodating portion forming an accommodating space for articles;
a battery provided below the console box;
a battery case configured to accommodate the battery; and
a first fastening member and a second fastening member configured to fasten the console box to the body and the battery case, respectively, outside the accommodating space,
wherein
the console box has a first extending portion and a second extending portion extending from the accommodating portion toward the outside of the accommodating space,
the first fastening member fastens the first extending portion to the body, and
the second fastening member fastens the second extending portion to the battery case.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a fastened section of the battery case to which the console box is fastened has a rigidity higher than that of the other section of the battery case.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein
the battery case has a main body portion configured to cover the battery, and a plate portion fixed to the main body portion, and
the fastened section of the battery case to which the console box is fastened is the plate portion.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein
a gap is provided between the main body portion and the console box.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the accommodating portion has a substantially rectangular shape in a planar view, in which a long side direction of the accommodating portion corresponds to a vehicle front-rear direction and a short side direction of the accommodating portion corresponds to a vehicle width direction, and
the first extending portion and the second extending portion are provided at opposing ends of the accommodating portion in the long side direction.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , wherein
the console box is provided between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat, and
the first extending portion and the second extending portion are provided on the vehicle front side and on the vehicle rear side, respectively.

Assignees

• Toyota Jidoshokki Kk
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Inagaki Yuya
• Wada Toshinao

Classifications

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B60R2011/005

  Connection with the vehicle part · CPC title

• B60R11/00

  Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B60R7/04

  in driver or passenger space {, e.g. using racks (B60R7/005, B60R7/08 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B60R16/04 Primary

  Arrangement of batteries · CPC title