Battery pack for electric car

US8993142B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8993142-B2
Application numberUS-201214363579-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 5, 2012
Priority dateDec 9, 2011
Publication dateMar 31, 2015
Grant dateMar 31, 2015

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In a battery pack for an electric car, a plurality of battery modules are mounted to be divided between the front and rear of a middle cross member and a main switch and a junction board are disposed in the front and rear of the middle cross member respectively. A bent part of a second high voltage cable, which bends into a U-shape and pass through beneath the middle cross member, is held by a cable holder and fixed to a fixing part. Since only a bus bar disposed in the intermediate part of the first high voltage cable is bent into a U-shape and passed through beneath the middle cross member, not only is a wiring operation of the first high voltage cable easy, but it is also possible to minimize the length of the bus bar to thus enhance the reliability with respect to vibration.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A battery pack for an electric car, the battery pack comprising a plurality of battery module rows each having a plurality of battery modules disposed in a row extending in a fore-and-aft direction so as to straddle a vehicle body frame extending in a vehicle width direction, the plurality of battery modules being electrically connected in series, the battery modules, of the plurality of battery module rows, that are positioned on one side of front and…

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What does patent US8993142B2 cover?
In a battery pack for an electric car, a plurality of battery modules are mounted to be divided between the front and rear of a middle cross member and a main switch and a junction board are disposed in the front and rear of the middle cross member respectively. A bent part of a second high voltage cable, which bends into a U-shape and pass through beneath the middle cross member, is held by a …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Honda Motor Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B60L1/003. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 31 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).