Vehicle power unit room structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11034228-B2
Application number	US-201916507052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2019
Priority date	Sep 3, 2018
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

A vehicle power unit room structure is provided including a motor that is disposed inside a power unit room and that is configured to transmit drive force to a drive wheel, a compressor that is disposed adjacent to the motor in a vehicle width direction so as to overlap with the motor as viewed along the vehicle width direction, and a power supply section that is configured to supply power supplied from a power source to the motor and the compressor, and that is disposed at a vehicle upper side of the compressor so as to overlap with the compressor as viewed along a vehicle vertical direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle power unit room structure comprising:
a motor that is disposed inside a power unit room and that is configured to transmit drive force to a drive wheel;
a compressor that is disposed adjacent to the motor in a vehicle width direction so as to overlap with the motor as viewed along the vehicle width direction; and
a power supply section that is configured to supply power from a power source to the motor and the compressor, and that is disposed at a vehicle upper side of the compressor so as to overlap with the compressor as viewed along a vehicle vertical direction,
wherein
the power supply section is attached to an attachment portion provided at a vehicle body configuration member configuring part of a vehicle side section,
the vehicle body configuration member is a pair of suspension towers, and
the attachment portion is a cross member spanning between the pair of suspension towers in the vehicle width direction.

2. The vehicle power unit room structure of claim 1 , wherein the compressor is attached to the motor either directly or indirectly.

3. The vehicle power unit room structure of claim 1 , wherein the compressor is disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of a side member, which extends along a vehicle front-rear direction, such that there is spacing in the vehicle width direction between the compressor and the side member.

4. The vehicle power unit room structure of claim 1 , wherein the compressor is disposed at a position that does not overlap with a side member, which extends along a vehicle front-rear direction, as viewed along the vehicle vertical direction.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Murai Daisuke

Classifications

• H01M50/20

  Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders (structural combination of accumulators with charging apparatus H01M10/46) · CPC title

• B60L50/64

  Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles · CPC title

• H01M50/249

  specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• H01M8/04089

  of gaseous reactants · CPC title