# US 10,369,874 B2 · Articulated bus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,874 B2 - Document ID: US10369874B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/580,119 - Filed: 2016-03-08 - Published: 2018-10-18 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-06-08 - Assignees: Hino Motors, Ltd. - Applicants: Hino Motors, Ltd. - Inventors: Atsushi Oko - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369874B2 ## CPC - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60K 6/40: characterised by the assembly or relative disposition of components - B60K 6/48: Parallel type - B60K 6/485: Motor-assist type - B62D 47/025: {articulated buses with interconnecting passageway, e.g. bellows (coupling aspects B60D5/00)} - B60D 1/00: Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices (fifth-wheel traction couplings B62D53/08) - B60K 2001/0405: {characterised by their position} - B60K 2001/0411: {Arrangement in the front part of the vehicle} - B60L 2200/18: Buses - B60W 2300/10: Buses - B60Y 2200/1432: Low floor busses - B62D 12/02: for vehicles operating in tandem - Y02T 10/62: Hybrid vehicles - 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 - 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) - B60D: VEHICLE CONNECTIONS - 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 - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract Provided is an articulated bus including a front vehicle including a steering wheel and a rear wheel positioned on a rear side of the steering wheel in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a rear vehicle disposed on a rear side of the front vehicle in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and mounted with an engine, an articulating portion that swingably connects the front vehicle and the rear vehicle to each other, and a hybrid system including an electric generator that functions as an electric motor and a generator, and an HV battery that stores electric energy generated by the electric generator and supplies electric energy to the electric generator, in which the HV battery is disposed on a roof of the front vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An articulated bus comprising: a front vehicle including a steering wheel and a rear wheel positioned on a rear side of the steering wheel in a front-rear direction of a vehicle; a rear vehicle disposed on a rear side of the front vehicle in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and mounted with an engine; an articulating portion that swingably connects the front vehicle and the rear vehicle to each other; a hybrid system including an electric generator that functions as an electric motor and a generator, and an HV battery that stores electric energy generated by the electric generator and supplies electric energy to the electric generator; a low-voltage electric wire; and a high-voltage electric wire connected to the electric generator and the HV battery, a current of a higher voltage than a voltage of the low-voltage electric wire flowing through the high-voltage electric wire, wherein the HV battery is disposed on a roof of the front vehicle, the articulating portion includes a hood forming a passage space communicating with the front vehicle and the rear vehicle, the low-voltage electric wire includes a first low-voltage electric wire portion disposed inside the rear vehicle, a second low-voltage electric wire portion disposed inside the front vehicle, and a third low-voltage electric wire portion disposed inside the hood to connect the first low-voltage electric wire portion and the second low-voltage electric wire portion to each other, and the high-voltage electric wire includes a first high-voltage electric wire portion disposed on a roof of the rear vehicle to enter an inside of the rear vehicle from the roof of the rear vehicle at a front end portion of the rear vehicle, a second high-voltage electric wire portion disposed on the roof of the front vehicle to enter an inside of the front vehicle from the roof of the front vehicle at a rear end portion of the front vehicle, and a third high-voltage electric wire portion disposed inside the hood to connect the first high-voltage electric wire portion and the second high-voltage electric wire portion to each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The articulated bus according to claim 1, wherein the HV battery is disposed at the same position as an axle of the steering wheel in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The articulated bus according to claim 1, further comprising: a first shielding portion made of metal disposed between the first low-voltage electric wire portion and the first high-voltage electric wire portion at the front end portion of the rear vehicle to shield the first low-voltage electric wire portion and the first high-voltage electric wire portion; and a second shielding portion made of metal disposed between the second low-voltage electric wire portion and the second high-voltage electric wire portion at the rear end portion of the front vehicle to shield the second low-voltage electric wire portion and the second high-voltage electric wire portion.