Vehicle power supply system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9623752-B2
Application number	US-201313747204-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2013
Priority date	Jan 24, 2012
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle power supply system includes a power supply connector having a power supply port which is provided within a trunk room and electrically connected to a DC power source, and an inverter device which is provided separately from a fuel cell automobile (an electrically driven vehicle) and is disposed within the trunk room, wherein the trunk room is provided therein with an inverter installation space where the inverter device may be installed at a position which does not overlap with the power supply port when viewed from a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle, and the invert device is provided with a connection cable which is drawn from a side surface thereof and of which a front end portion has a connector portion connected to the power supply port.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle power supply system which converts electric power into AC (Alternating Current) power from a DC (Direct Current) power source mounted in an electrically driven vehicle and supplies the AC power to an external AC device of the electrically driven vehicle, the vehicle power supply system comprising:
a trunk room which is provided in the electrically driven vehicle;
a power supply connector having a power supply port which is provided within the trunk room and electrically connected to the DC power source; and
an inverter device which is provided separately from the electrically driven vehicle, is disposed within the trunk room to convert the electric power into the AC power from the DC power source and supplies the AC power to the external AC device connected to the inverter device,
wherein the trunk room is provided therein with an inverter installation space where the inverter device is installed at a position which does not overlap with the power supply port when viewed from a forward and rearward direction of the electrically driven vehicle, and
wherein the inverter device is provided with a connection cable which is drawn from a side surface thereof and of which a front end portion has a connector portion connected to the power supply port.

2. The vehicle power supply system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the power supply port is formed rearward and downward of the electrically driven vehicle, and
wherein when the inverter device is installed in the inverter installation space within the trunk room, the connection cable extends upward from below of a side surface on which the power supply port is disposed among side surfaces of the inverter device.

3. The vehicle power supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a pair of rear wheel housings which covers the outsides of left and right rear wheels;
a gas tank which is disposed between the pair of rear wheel housings, supported by vehicle body frames outside the lower side of a vehicle interior, and disposed at a front side of a vehicle body of the trunk room;
a tank partition panel which is lifted upward toward the front side of the vehicle body from a bottom wall of the trunk room and partitions the gas tank from the vehicle interior side; and
a contactor which performs connection or cut-off of the electric power between the DC power source and the power supply connector,
wherein a recessed portion which is opened upward is provided between the lifting portion of the tank partition panel and one of the pair of rear wheel housings, and the contactor is disposed within the recessed portion.

4. The vehicle power supply system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the gas tank is attached to the vehicle body frames through a rectangular frame-shaped sub-frame which surrounds the outside of the gas tank, and
wherein the contactor is provided at a region which overlaps in a forward and rearward direction of the vehicle body with respect to the sub-frame attached to the vehicle body frames.

5. The vehicle power supply system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the power supply connector is connected to the contactor by a flexible cable, and is disposed at a position which is spaced apart from the contactor in the trunk room to the rear side of the vehicle body.

6. The vehicle power supply system according to claim 3 ,
wherein a bracket, which is coupled to left and right side walls and a bottom wall of the recessed portion, is provided at the rear side of the vehicle body of the contactor in the recessed portion, and
wherein the power supply connector is fixed within the recessed portion through the bracket.

7. The vehicle power supply system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the contactor is provided at a position which overlaps with a side frame, in an upward and downward direction of the vehicle body, extending in the forward and rearward direction of the vehicle body among the vehicle body frames.

8. The vehicle power supply system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the electrically driven vehicle is a fuel cell vehicle that includes a hydrogen tank as the gas tank and a fuel cell which generates electric power using a hydrogen gas filled in the hydrogen tank as a fuel and that drives using the generated electric power by the fuel cell.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd
• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mouri Takanori
• Kuyama Kazuhiko
• Eguchi Hiroyuki
• Ogawa Makoto
• Azuma Koichi
• Kanegae Takeshi
• Goto Takeshi
• Nonaka Hiroi
• Jinbo Takumi

Classifications

• B60L11/1881

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B60L1/006 Primary

  to power outlets · CPC title

• B60L2270/40

  related to technical updates when adding new parts or software · CPC title

• Y02T90/34

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02T90/40

  Application of hydrogen technology to transportation, e.g. using fuel cells · CPC title