# US 10,245,933 B2 · Vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,245,933 B2 - Document ID: US10245933B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/523,721 - Filed: 2015-10-22 - Published: 2017-11-09 - Granted: 2019-04-02 - Earliest claimed: 2014-11-07 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Toshiyuki Ikeuchi; Tetsuya Takezawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10245933B2 ## CPC - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60L 15/007: {Physical arrangements or structures of drive train converters specially adapted for the propulsion motors of electric vehicles} - B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - B62D 25/20: Floors or bottom sub-units {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11; drip trays F16N31/006)} - B60K 2001/0427: {Arrangement between the seats} - B60L 2210/10: DC to DC converters - B60Y 2306/01: Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection - B60Y 2410/10: Housings - Y02T 10/64: Electric machine technologies in electromobility - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M) - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A vehicle includes: a center tunnel which is formed on a floor panel so as to extend in a front-rear direction; a high-voltage battery which is disposed on the center tunnel; and a frame member which holds the high-voltage battery, wherein leg portions are provided on a bottom portion of the frame member so as to extend obliquely downwards, and wherein the frame member is fastened to inclined surfaces of the center tunnel via the leg portions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle comprising: a center tunnel which is formed on a floor panel so as to extend in a front-rear direction; a high-voltage battery which is disposed on the center tunnel; and a frame member which holds the high-voltage battery, wherein the frame member comprises: a pair of left and right side wall portions which extend downward from opposite sides of a bottom portion of the frame member in a transverse direction; and a pair of left and right leg portions which extend obliquely downward from the pair of left and right side wall portions, and wherein the frame member is fastened to inclined surfaces of the center tunnel via the pair of left and right leg portions, and a space which accommodates a cell voltage sensor is formed between the bottom portion of the frame member and the center tunnel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the frame member holds a high-voltage system equipment which is disposed either forwards or rearwards of the high-voltage battery together with the high-voltage battery, and wherein the pair of left and right leg portions include: a pair of left and right first leg portions which are disposed below the high-voltage battery; and a pair of left and right second leg portions which are disposed below the high-voltage system equipment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle according to claim 2, wherein a cross member is provided between the pair of left and right first leg portions and the pair of left and right second leg portions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the cross member comprises: a center cross member which is disposed in the center tunnel; a left cross member which connects a left side sill and the center tunnel together; and a right cross member which connects a right side sill and the center tunnel together, and wherein the left cross member, the center cross member, and the right cross member are connected together via the center tunnel in a transverse direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the frame member is fastened to the inclined surfaces of the center tunnel via the pair of left and right leg portions by means of a fastening member, and wherein the fastening member is positioned inwards of an outermost portion of the center tunnel in a transverse direction.