# US 11,027,618 B2 · Vehicle

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- Number: US 11,027,618 B2
- Document ID: US11027618B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/682,424
- Filed: 2019-11-13
- Published: 2020-05-21
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-11-21
- Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Daisuke Kamikihara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027618B2

## CPC

- B60L 3/0007: {Measures or means for preventing or attenuating collisions}
- B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles
- B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion
- B60L 5/005: {without mechanical contact between the collector and the power supply line}
- B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries}
- B60L 53/12: Inductive energy transfer
- B62D 21/11: with resilient means for suspension {, e.g. of wheels or engine; sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions}
- B62D 21/152: {Front or rear frames}
- B60K 2001/0405: {characterised by their position}
- Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries
- 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
- 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)
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

The vehicle is provided with a connecting member configured to connect an onboard device, a suspension member and a body frame. The connecting member includes a first fixture fixed to the suspension member, a second fixture located closer to the power storage device than the first fixture and fixed to the body frame, and a third fixture located between the first fixture and the second fixture and fixed to the onboard device. A section of the connecting member located between the first fixture and the second fixture is configured to bend downward when an external force is applied to the connecting member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle comprising:
a body frame;
a suspension member fixed to the body frame;
an onboard device fixed to the suspension member;
a fixing member configured to fix the onboard device to the suspension member;
a power storage device disposed at a position adjacent to the onboard device in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and
a connecting member disposed closer to the power storage device than the fixing member and configured to connect the onboard device, the suspension member and the body frame,
the connecting member including:
a first fixture fixed to the suspension member;
a second fixture located closer to the power storage device than the first fixture and fixed to the body frame; and
a third fixture located between the first fixture and the second fixture and fixed to the onboard device,
a section of the connecting member located between the first fixture and the second fixture being configured to bend downward when an external force is applied to the connecting member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein
the second fixture includes a first fixture part and a second fixture part located closer to the power storage device than the first fixture part, and
in the connecting member, the rigidity of a section located between the first fixture part and the second fixture part is higher than the rigidity of a section located between the first fixture part and the first fixture.