# US 11,451,109 B2 · Vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,109 B2 - Document ID: US11451109B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/566,318 - Filed: 2019-09-10 - Published: 2020-03-12 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-12 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takuro Tominaga; Takanori Suzuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451109B2 ## CPC - H02K 5/225: {Terminal boxes or connection arrangements (specially adapted for submersible motors H02K5/132)} - B60K 1/00: Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) - B60K 17/12: of electric gearing - B60L 15/007: {Physical arrangements or structures of drive train converters specially adapted for the propulsion motors of electric vehicles} - B60W 10/08: including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators - H02K 7/006: {Structural association of a motor or generator with the drive train of a motor vehicle} - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60K 2001/001: {one motor mounted on a propulsion axle for rotating right and left wheels of this axle} - B60K 2001/0416: {Arrangement in the rear part of the vehicle} - B60K 2001/0438: {Arrangement under the floor} - B60L 2270/145: Structure borne vibrations - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - 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 - 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 ## Abstract A vehicle includes a driving device unit, a frame member supporting the driving device unit, a pair of first mounting portions provided on the frame member and positioned on one side of the driving device unit, and a second mounting portion provided on the frame member and positioned on the other side of the driving device unit. The driving device unit includes a drive device accommodating therein an electric motor, and an electric motor control device which controls the electric motor. The drive device and the electric motor control device are arranged in a horizontal direction. An electrical connection portion electrically connecting the drive device and the electric motor control device is disposed at a joining portion between the drive device and electric motor control device and inside a virtual polygon connecting the at least one pair of first mounting portions and the at least one second mounting portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle comprising: a driving device unit; a frame member supporting the driving device unit; at least one pair of first mounting portions provided on the frame member and positioned on one side of the driving device unit; and at least one second mounting portion provided on the frame member and positioned on the other side of the driving device unit, wherein the driving device unit includes: a drive device accommodating therein an electric motor, and an electric motor control device configured to control the electric motor, wherein the drive device and the electric motor control device are arranged side by side in a horizontal direction, wherein an electrical connection portion electrically connecting the drive device and the electric motor control device is disposed at a joining portion between the drive device and electric motor control device and inside a virtual polygon connecting the at least one pair of first mounting portions and the at least one second mounting portion, and wherein the electrical connection portion is disposed at a position substantially coinciding with a center of gravity of the virtual polygon. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the drive device and the electric motor control device are arranged in a vehicle width direction, wherein a length of the driving device unit in a front-rear direction is longer than a length of the driving device unit in the vehicle width direction, and wherein the at least one pair of first mounting portions and the at least one second mounting portion are disposed in the front-rear direction with the driving device unit interposed therebetween. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the joining portion is disposed at a position substantially coinciding with a center line of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the frame member has a rectangular shape so as to surround the driving device unit, wherein the electrical connection portion is positioned above a virtual line connecting the at least one pair of first mounting portions and the at least one second mounting portion in a side view, and wherein the driving device unit is provided below a floor panel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connection portion is provided inside the driving device unit.