High-voltage harness connection structure for electrically driven vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9260065-B2
Application number	US-201314420918-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2013
Priority date	Aug 27, 2012
Publication date	Feb 16, 2016
Grant date	Feb 16, 2016

Abstract

A high-voltage harness connection structure for an electrically driven vehicle, having a battery pack disposed in an underfloor position of the vehicle and having a battery-side high-voltage connector terminal disposed on a front end thereof, a power unit arranged in a vehicle forward position with respect to the battery pack and having a unit-side high-voltage connector terminal disposed thereon, and a high-voltage harness that connects the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal and the unit-side high-voltage connector terminal. The harness connection surface of the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal forms a harness connection inclined surface so that the high-voltage harness is connected to be inclined outwardly in a vehicle width direction with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction, and routed in an outwardly bent state in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A high-voltage harness connection structure for an electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
a battery pack disposed in an underfloor position of the vehicle, and comprising a battery-side high-voltage connector terminal disposed on a front end thereof;
a power unit arranged in a vehicle forward position with respect to the battery pack and comprising a unit-side high-voltage connector terminal disposed thereon, and
a high-voltage harness that connects the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal and the unit-side high-voltage connector terminal,
wherein the harness connection surface of the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal forms a harness connection inclined surface so that the high-voltage connector terminal of the high-voltage harness is connected to be inclined outwardly in a vehicle width direction with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction, and routed in an outwardly bent state in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

2. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal is disposed in a position facing a floor tunnel portion provided on a floor panel, and
wherein the inclination angle of the harness connection inclined surface is set to allow the high-voltage harness to be routed along the floor tunnel portion toward the power unit in an obliquely upward bent state toward the floor tunnel.

3. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal comprises:
a connector base portion projecting from the front end of the battery pack inclined outwardly in the vehicle width direction, and
a cylindrical connector terminal portion connected to the connector base portion at an inclined angle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

4. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the harness connection inclined surface of the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal has a harness connection inclined surface with a horizontal inclination angle inclined outwardly in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

5. A high-voltage harness connection structure for an electrically driven vehicle, comprising:
a battery pack disposed in an underfloor position of the vehicle, and comprising a battery-side high-voltage connector terminal disposed on a front end thereof;
a power unit arranged in a vehicle forward position with respect to the battery pack and comprising a unit-side high-voltage connector terminal disposed thereon, and
a high-voltage harness that connects the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal and the unit-side high-voltage connector terminal,
wherein the harness connection surface of the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal forms a harness connection inclined surface so that the high-voltage harness is connected to be inclined outwardly in a vehicle width direction with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction, and routed in an outwardly bent state in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction,
wherein the rear side center position of the power unit is elastically supported via the rear power unit mount relative to the suspension member, and
wherein the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal is disposed on the front end of the battery pack and in a position away relative to the rear power unit mounts in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

6. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:
a PTC heater connector terminal provided on the front end of the battery pack, to which a PTC heater harness extending through the floor panel is connected,
wherein the heater connector terminal is disposed at an adjacent position of the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal and at a position opposed to the vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the rear power unit mount.

7. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal comprises:
a connector base portion projecting from the front end of the battery pack inclined outwardly in the vehicle width direction, and
a cylindrical connector terminal portion connected to the connector base portion at an inclined angle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

8. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 2 ,
wherein the harness connection inclined surface of the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal has a harness connection inclined surface with a horizontal inclination angle inclined outwardly in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

9. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 3 ,
wherein the harness connection inclined surface of the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal has a harness connection inclined surface with a horizontal inclination angle inclined outwardly in the vehicle width direction with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction.

10. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 2 ,
wherein the rear side center position of the power unit is elastically supported via the rear power unit mount relative to the suspension member, and
wherein the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal is disposed on the front end of the battery pack and in a position away relative to the rear power unit mounts in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

11. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 3 ,
wherein the rear side center position of the power unit is elastically supported via the rear power unit mount relative to the suspension member, and
wherein the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal is disposed on the front end of the battery pack and in a position away relative to the rear power unit mounts in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

12. The high-voltage harness connection structure as claimed in claim 4 ,
wherein the rear side center position of the power unit is elastically supported via the rear power unit mount relative to the suspension member, and
wherein the battery-side high-voltage connector terminal is disposed on the front end of the battery pack and in a position away relative to the rear power unit mounts in the vehicle longitudinal direction.

Assignees

• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Tanigaki Tatsunori
• Tsujimura Norihisa
• Hatta Kentaro

Classifications

• H01M50/262

  with fastening means, e.g. locks · CPC title

• Y02T10/705

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• B60K1/04 Primary

  of the electric storage means for propulsion · CPC title

• B60R16/0215 Primary

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title