Power distribution device having projected portion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9676352-B2
Application number	US-201414503826-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 1, 2014
Priority date	Oct 4, 2013
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A power distribution device is electrically connected to a battery, a power control unit that controls electric power in a vehicle, and high-voltage driven devices driven at a specified voltage or higher. The power distribution device distributes electric power supplied from the battery to the high-voltage driven devices, the power distribution device is installed in a front portion of the vehicle, and a high-voltage power line is disposed behind a position at which the power distribution device is installed. The power distribution device includes a projected portion provided on a surface of a case of the power distribution device, the projected portion having a height corresponding to a vehicle component disposed behind the power distribution device in the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power distribution device that is electrically connected to a battery, a power control unit that controls electric power in a vehicle, and high-voltage driven devices driven at a specified voltage or higher, wherein the power distribution device distributes electric power supplied from the battery to the high-voltage driven devices, the power distribution device is installed in a front portion of the vehicle, and a high-voltage power line is disposed behind a position at which the power distribution device is installed, the power distribution device comprising
a projected portion provided on a surface of a case of the power distribution device, the projected portion having a height corresponding to a vehicle component disposed behind the power distribution device in the vehicle; and
a plurality of fixed portions that fix the power control unit and the case of the power distribution device to each other,
wherein the protected portion is provided in a region between an extension line that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction through one of the fixed portions and an extension line that extends n the vehicle longitudinal direction through another of the fixed portions.

2. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein an upper end of the projected portion is located at a higher position in a vehicle height direction than a position of a lower end of the vehicle component.

3. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein a rib is provided on the projected portion, and the rib is tilted forward as the rib extends outward in a right-left direction of the vehicle.

4. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the projected portions is provided.

5. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the projected portions is provided, and at least one of the projected portions is provided on an extension line that extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction through a side wall portion in a front side of the case of the power distribution device in the vehicle.

6. The power distribution device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a plurality of the projected portions is provided, and the projected portions include at least one first projected portion and at least one second projected portion;
a first rib is provided on an inner side of the at least one first projected portion in the right-left direction of the vehicle, and the first rib is tilted forward as the first rib extends inward in the right-left direction of the vehicle; and
a second rib is provided on an outer side of the at least one second projected portion in a right-left direction of the vehicle, and the second rib is tilted forward as the second rib extends outward in the right-left direction of the vehicle.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Katano Koji

Classifications

• B60R16/033 Primary

  characterised by the use of electrical cells or batteries (for propulsion puposes B60K1/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06; testing of charge state G01R31/36) · CPC title