# US 11,897,323 B2 · Vehicle mounting structure for power storage device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,897,323 B2 - Document ID: US11897323B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/417,264 - Filed: 2019-12-13 - Published: 2022-03-03 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-26 - Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.; Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi; Hiroki Hirai; Ryoya Okamoto; Taiji Yanagida - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11897323B2 ## CPC - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60L 50/64: Constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - B60R 16/0207: {Wire harnesses} - B62D 21/02: comprising longitudinally or transversely arranged frame members - B62D 25/20: Floors or bottom sub-units {(sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11; drip trays F16N31/006)} - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/249: specially adapted for aircraft or vehicles, e.g. cars or trains (constructional details of batteries specially adapted for electric vehicles B60L50/64) - H01M 50/298: characterised by the wiring of battery packs - B60K 2001/0438: {Arrangement under the floor} - B60Y 2410/115: Electric wiring; Electric connectors - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - Y02T 10/7072: Electromobility specific charging systems or methods for batteries, ultracapacitors, supercapacitors or double-layer capacitors - Y02T 90/14: Plug-in electric 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 - 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 - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - 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) - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - B60Y: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A vehicle mounting structure including: a vehicle frame having a floor panel mounted thereabove; and a power storage device assembled under the vehicle frame, wherein: a protrusion is arranged in the power storage device that can be vertically fitted into a recess in the vehicle frame, and a plurality of electrical wires are arranged inside the protrusion arranged in the power storage device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle mounting structure comprising: a vehicle frame having a floor panel mounted thereabove; a power storage device assembled under the vehicle frame; and a continuous metal cover covering the power storage device, wherein: a protrusion, which is a protruding part of the continuous metal cover, is vertically fitted into a recess in the vehicle frame, and a plurality of electrical wires are arranged within a space between an underside of the protrusion and an upper side of the power storage device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein: the power storage device is provided with: (i) a plurality of power storage modules, and (ii) a power storage cover, which is the continuous metal cover, assembled to the plurality of power storage modules so as to cover tops of the plurality of power storage modules; and in the power storage cover, the plurality of electrical wires is aligned flat and fixed along a surface of the power storage cover. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein: the plurality of electrical wires include: (i) a plurality of small-diameter electrical wires, and (ii) a plurality of large-diameter electrical wires whose diameter is larger than that of the plurality of small-diameter electrical wires; and a horizontal width dimension of a large-diameter electrical wire of the plurality of large-diameter electrical wires is set to be larger than a vertical height dimension of the large-diameter electrical wire. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The vehicle mounting structure according to claim 2, wherein: the plurality of electrical wires is fixed to a surface at a power storage modules side of the power storage cover. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The vehicle mounting structure according to claim 3, wherein: a predetermined number of electrical wires of the plurality of electrical wires connect the plurality of power storage modules with each other.