Electric vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11214185-B2
Application number	US-201816164131-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2018
Priority date	Oct 20, 2017
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

An electric vehicle includes: a vehicle main body; and a cooling box provided in the vehicle main body. A passenger compartment in which a passenger gets, and a front accommodation compartment provided more frontward than the passenger compartment are formed in the vehicle main body. The cooling box is disposed in the front accommodation compartment. Thus, the cooling box mounted on the electric vehicle can be easily accessed even when the electric vehicle is parked reversely.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric vehicle comprising:
a vehicle main body; and
a cooling box provided in the vehicle main body,
a passenger compartment in which a passenger gets, and a front accommodation compartment provided more frontward than the passenger compartment being formed in the vehicle main body, wherein
the cooling box is disposed in the front accommodation compartment,
the vehicle main body includes a roof provided so as to close an upper part of the front accommodation compartment,
the roof includes a roof main body and a divided roof and a locking device,
the divided roof is disposed on a portion of the front accommodation compartment located above the cooling box, and
the locking device switches between a state in which the roof main body is locked and a state in which the roof main body is unlocked.

2. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a first front wheel and a second front wheel provided more frontward than a center of the vehicle main body and arranged each other in a width direction of the vehicle main body, wherein
the cooling box is disposed between the first front wheel and the second front wheel.

3. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the cooling box is located closer to a front end of the vehicle main body than the passenger compartment.

4. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the cooling box is located closer to the passenger compartment than a front end of the vehicle main body, and
a door configured to open and close the cooling box is provided on a side surface of the cooling box located on the passenger compartment side, and the door is disposed in the passenger compartment.

5. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the cooling box is disposed at a center in a width direction of the vehicle main body.

6. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle main body includes a first side surface and a second side surface arranged in a width direction, and
the cooling box is disposed on the first side surface side with respect to a center in the width direction of the vehicle main body.

7. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a cooling circuit configured to cool air in the passenger compartment and air in the cooling box, wherein
when the front accommodation compartment is viewed from above in a plan view, at least a part of the cooling circuit is located in the front accommodation compartment.

8. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 , further comprising a rear-side cooling box, wherein
a rear accommodation compartment located more rearward than the passenger compartment is formed in the vehicle main body, and
the rear-side cooling box is disposed in the rear accommodation compartment.

9. An electric vehicle comprising:
a vehicle main body; and
a cooling box provided in the vehicle main body,
a passenger compartment in which a passenger gets, and a front accommodation compartment provided more frontward than the passenger compartment being formed in the vehicle main body, wherein
the cooling box is disposed in the front accommodation compartment,
the vehicle main body includes a roof provided so as to close an upper part of the front accommodation compartment,
the roof includes a roof main body and a divided roof, both the roof main body and the divided roof being openable, and
the divided roof is disposed on a portion of the front accommodation compartment located above the cooling box.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qiu Zekai
• Kitaoka Hironobu
• Yamamuro Naoki
• Kosho Kozo
• Sugiyama Hiroaki
• Ikegami Makoto

Classifications

• B60R5/02

  arranged at front of vehicle {(B60R5/003 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60N3/104 Primary

  with refrigerating or warming systems · CPC title

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• B60L3/0007

  Measures or means for preventing or attenuating collisions · CPC title

• B60K1/00

  Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) · CPC title