Vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9764644-B2
Application number	US-201414781089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 2, 2014
Priority date	Dec 2, 2013
Publication date	Sep 19, 2017
Grant date	Sep 19, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle includes a motor disposed so as to be offset to one side with respect to a center of the vehicle in a front-to-rear direction and a frame member for supporting the motor via at least two supporting devices. A first fixing portion which is situated relatively closer to the one side is formed in a higher position in a vertical direction than a second fixing portion which is situated closer to the other side. An electric wire fixing portion of the motor is formed in a position below an imaginary straight line which passes through a center of the first fixing portion and a center of the second fixing portion, in a side view of the motor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle comprising:
a motor, which drives a wheel of the vehicle; and
a frame member, which supports the motor via at least two supporting devices,
wherein the motor is disposed so as to be offset to a first side with respect to a center of the vehicle in a front-to-rear direction thereof;
wherein a first fixing portion, which is situated relatively closer to the first side, among fixing portions of the motor to which the at least two supporting devices are fixed, is formed in a higher position in a vertical direction than a second fixing portion, which is situated relatively closer to a second side, among the fixing portions, the second side being opposite the first side in the front-to-rear direction;
wherein an electric wire fixing portion of the motor, to which an electric wire for supplying electric power to the motor is fixed, is formed in a position below a first imaginary straight line, which passes through a center of the first fixing portion and a center of the second fixing portion, in a side view of the motor;
wherein the motor is disposed between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion, in the front-to-rear direction;
wherein the electric wire fixing portion is formed closer to the second side than an intersection of the first imaginary straight line and a second imaginary straight line, the second imaginary straight line passing through a rotating axis of the motor and intersecting with the first imaginary straight line at a right angle;
wherein the electric wire fixing portion is formed below the second fixing portion; and
wherein the supporting device which is fixed to the second fixing portion, or the frame member on which the supporting device is provided, is disposed so as to cover the electric wire fixing portion from above.

2. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the first straight imaginary line passes through a rotating axis of the motor.

3. The vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the vehicle is a four-wheel vehicle.

4. The vehicle according to claim 3 , the motor is disposed between a left wheel and a right wheel of the four-wheel vehicle.

5. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is a four-wheel vehicle.

6. The vehicle according to claim 5 , the motor is disposed between a left wheel and a right wheel of the four-wheel vehicle.

7. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the vehicle comprises electric wire supporting devices, which support the electric wire on the frame member or a body member, and
an electric wire supporting device, which is nearest to the motor, among the electric wire supporting devices, is disposed in such a position that a distal end of the electric wire is prevented from reaching a ground when the electric wire is dislocated from the motor and droops vertically from the electric wire supporting device as a fulcrum.

8. The vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
a distance from the rotating axis of the motor to a distal end portion of the first fixing portion is shorter than a distance from the rotating axis to a distal end portion of the second fixing portion.

9. A vehicle comprising:
a motor, which drives a wheel of the vehicle; and
a frame member, which supports the motor via at least two supporting devices,
wherein the motor is disposed so as to be offset to a first side with respect to a center of the vehicle in a front-to-rear direction thereof;
wherein a first fixing portion, which is situated relatively closer to the first side, among fixing portions of the motor to which the at least two supporting devices are fixed, is formed in a higher position in a vertical direction than a second fixing portion, which is situated relatively closer to a second side, among the fixing portions, the second side being opposite the first side in the front-to-rear direction;
wherein an electric wire fixing portion of the motor, to which an electric wire for supplying electric power to the motor is fixed, is formed in a position below a first imaginary straight line, which passes through a center of the first fixing portion and a center of the second fixing portion, in a side view of the motor;
wherein the motor is disposed between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion, in the front-to-rear direction; and
wherein the first straight imaginary line passes through a rotating axis of the motor.

10. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein the electric wire fixing portion is formed closer to the second side than an intersection of the first imaginary straight line and a second imaginary straight line, the second imaginary straight line passing through a rotating axis of the motor and intersecting with the first imaginary straight line at a right angle.

11. The vehicle according to claim 9 , wherein
the electric wire fixing portion is formed below the second fixing portion.

12. A vehicle comprising:
a motor, which drives a wheel of the vehicle; and
a frame member, which supports the motor via at least two supporting devices,
wherein the motor is disposed so as to be offset to a first side with respect to a center of the vehicle in a front-to-rear direction thereof;
wherein a first fixing portion, which is situated relatively closer to the first side, among fixing portions of the motor to which the at least two supporting devices are fixed, is formed in a higher position in a vertical direction than a second fixing portion, which is situated relatively closer to a second side, among the fixing portions, the second side being opposite the first side in the front-to-rear direction;
wherein an electric wire fixing portion of the motor, to which an electric wire for supplying electric power to the motor is fixed, is formed in a position below a first imaginary straight line, which passes through a center of the first fixing portion and a center of the second fixing portion, in a side view of the motor;
wherein the motor is disposed between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion, in the front-to-rear direction; and
wherein a distance from the rotating axis of the motor to a distal end portion of the first fixing portion is shorter than a distance from the rotating axis to a distal end portion of the second fixing portion.

13. The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the first straight imaginary line passes through a rotating axis of the motor.

14. The vehicle according to claim 13 , wherein the vehicle is a four-wheel vehicle.

15. The vehicle according to claim 14 , the motor is disposed between a left wheel and a right wheel of the four-wheel vehicle.

16. The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the electric wire fixing portion is formed closer to the second side than an intersection of the first imaginary straight line and a second imaginary straight line, the second imaginary straight line passing through a rotating axis of the motor and intersecting with the first imaginary straight line at a right angle.

17. The vehicle according to claim 16 , wherein
the electric wire fixing portion is formed below the second fixing portion.

18. The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the vehicle is a four-wheel vehicle.

19. The vehicle according to claim 18 , the motor is disposed between a left wheel and a right wheel of the four-wheel vehicle.

20. The vehicle according to claim 12 ,
wherein the vehicle comprises electric wire supporting devices, which support the electric wire on the frame member or a body member, and
wherein an electric wire support

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nishida Makoto

Classifications

• B60L3/00 Primary

  Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposes; Monitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption (methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells B60L58/00) · CPC title

• B60K2001/001

  one motor mounted on a propulsion axle for rotating right and left wheels of this axle · CPC title

• B60K2007/0092

  the motor axle being coaxial to the wheel axle · CPC title

• B60K6/00

  Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines · CPC title

• B60K17/16

  of differential gearing · CPC title