Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12496889-B2
Application number	US-202318374706-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2023
Priority date	Oct 14, 2022
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

A vehicle includes: a vehicle body having a bottom portion; a power storage device including a main body having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a lower surface; and a flow regulation plate having a distal end portion at a position spaced downward from the bottom portion, a protruding portion is provided on the lower surface side of the main body; in a fixed state in which the power storage device is fixed to the vehicle body, the lower surface is located downward of the bottom portion; the flow regulation plate is provided to be pivotable; and in the fixed state, the protruding portion abuts against the flow regulation plate to maintain a state in which the flow regulation plate covers at least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body having a bottom portion; a power storage device including a main body and replaceably fixed to the bottom portion, the main body having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a lower surface, the front wall portion and the rear wall portion facing each other in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; and a flow regulation plate having a distal end portion at a position spaced downward from the bottom portion, wherein a protruding portion that protrudes from the main body along the front-rear direction is provided on the lower surface side of the main body, in a fixed state in which the power storage device is fixed to the vehicle body, the lower surface of the main body is located downward of the bottom portion, the flow regulation plate is provided to be able to face at least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion in the front-rear direction, and pivotable between a state in which the distal end portion is located closer to the power storage device and a state in which the distal end portion is located further away from the power storage device, and in the fixed state, the protruding portion abuts against the flow regulation plate to maintain a state in which the flow regulation plate covers a portion, located downward of the bottom portion, of at least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion.

2 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the flow regulation plate is divided into a plurality of flow regulation plates in a left-right direction of the vehicle body.

3 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the flow regulation plate includes a first flow regulation plate provided to be able to face the front wall portion from a front side, the front wall portion includes a protruding wall portion protruding frontward and located centrally of the vehicle body in a left-right direction, respective fastening portions for fixing the power storage device to the bottom portion are provided on opposite outer sides of the protruding wall portion in the left-right direction, the first flow regulation plate includes respective projecting portions projecting outward of opposite outer sides of the protruding wall portion in the left-right direction, and in the fixed state, the projecting portions have respective portions located frontward of the fastening portions.

4 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the main body includes: a housing case having the front wall portion and the rear wall portion and housing a power storage module; and a panel member covering the housing case from below and forming the lower surface, and the protruding portion is provided on the panel member.

5 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the protruding portion has an insert portion inserted in the flow regulation plate in the fixed state, and the flow regulation plate has an insert-receiving portion in which the insert portion is inserted.

6 . The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the flow regulation plate includes:
a first flow regulation plate having a first distal end portion at a position spaced downward from the bottom portion, and provided to be able to face the front wall portion from a front side; and
a second flow regulation plate having a second distal end portion at a position spaced downward from the bottom portion, and provided to be able to face the rear wall portion from a rear side,
the protruding portion includes a front-side protruding portion protruding frontward from the main body, and a rear-side protruding portion protruding rearward from the main body, the first flow regulation plate is provided to be pivotable between a state in which the first distal end portion is located closer to the front wall portion and a state in which the first distal end portion is located further away from the front wall portion, the second flow regulation plate is provided to be pivotable between a state in which the second distal end portion is located closer to the rear wall portion and a state in which the second distal end portion is located further away from the rear wall portion, in the fixed state, the front-side protruding portion abuts against the first flow regulation plate to maintain a state in which the first flow regulation plate covers a portion, located downward of the bottom portion, of the front wall portion, and in the fixed state, the rear-side protruding portion abuts against the second flow regulation plate to maintain a state in which the second flow regulation plate covers a portion, located downward of the bottom portion, of the rear wall portion.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shimizu Tatsuya
• Shimazu Katsuya
• Kagami Ayaka
• Kawashima Mutsumi

Classifications

• B60K2001/0488

  with arrangements for pivoting · CPC title

• B60K2001/0472

  from below · CPC title

• B60K2001/0438

  Arrangement under the floor · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• B62D35/02

  Streamlining the undersurfaces {(B62D35/005, B62D35/007, B62D35/008 take precedence)} · CPC title