# US 12,109,875 B2 · Electric vehicle powertrain arrangement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,109,875 B2 - Document ID: US12109875B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/565,109 - Filed: 2021-06-30 - Published: 2024-08-08 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-06-30 - Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroaki Tanaka; Yoshinori Sugahara; Yusuke Tanno - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12109875B2 ## CPC - 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) - B60R 16/02: electric {constitutive elements} - B60K 5/1275: {Plastically deformable supports} - B60K 17/04: characterised by arrangement, location or kind of gearing - B60T 7/04: foot actuated - B60T 11/18: Connection thereof to initiating means - B62D 25/082: {Engine compartments} - B62D 25/14: Dashboards as superstructure sub-units (other dashboard aspects B60K) - B60K 5/12: Arrangement of engine supports - B60Y 2304/076: by add-on parts, e.g. retrofit - B60Y 2304/078: by interchangeable parts, e.g. new part adapting to old design - B60Y 2306/01: Reducing damages in case of crash, e.g. by improving battery protection - B60Y 2400/61: Arrangements of controllers for electric machines, e.g. inverters - 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 - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B60T: VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicle, in general B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES - 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 ## Abstract An electric vehicle includes a dash panel, a master cylinder and an electrical unit. The master cylinder is arranged on a motor compartment side and the driver's seat side of the dash panel. The master cylinder is connected to a brake pedal in a vehicle passenger compartment. The electrical unit includes an inverter, a motor and a gearbox. The electrical unit is arranged side by side in the motor compartment in a left-right direction of the vehicle. The electrical unit is disposed in front of and below the master cylinder in the motor compartment in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electric vehicle comprising: a dash panel; a master cylinder disposed on a motor compartment side and a driver's seat side of the dash panel, and connected to a brake pedal disposed in a vehicle passenger compartment interior; and an electrical unit including an inverter, a motor, and a gearbox that are arranged side by side in a left-right direction of the vehicle in the motor compartment; and a unit member positioned below the master cylinder and connected to each of a pair of side members arranged on both sides of the vehicle in the left-right direction in the motor compartment, the electrical unit being located in the motor compartment in front of and below the master cylinder in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, or below the master cylinder so as to partially overlap with the master cylinder in the front-rear direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the electrical unit is supported by the unit member from above by upper mounts at two locations on the left and right, and supported by a lower mount at a lower rear portion of the electrical unit, and one of the upper mounts is arranged at the two locations on the left and right has a mounting element with a lower rigidity than a mounting element of the other of the upper mounts. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electric vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the master cylinder and the gearbox are arranged diagonally opposite each other in the left-right direction of the vehicle, and the mounting element of the upper mount of the upper mounts that is arranged on a gearbox side has a greater rigidity than the mounting element of the upper mount of the upper mounts that is arranged on an inverter side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electric vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the master cylinder and the gearbox are arranged on the same side in the left-right direction of the vehicle, and the mounting element of the upper mount of the upper mounts that is arranged on a gearbox side has a greater rigidity than the mounting element of the upper mount of the upper mounts that is arranged on an inverter side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electric vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the gearbox is positioned in the left-right direction of the vehicle so as not to overlap the master cylinder. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electric vehicle according to claim 5, wherein the master cylinder is positioned directly above one of the side members, and the upper mount located on the driver's seat side of the upper mounts is arranged farther inward of the vehicle than the master cylinder in the left-right direction of the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The electric vehicle according to claim 2, wherein the lower mount has a mounting element with a lower rigidity than the mounting element of the upper mount of the upper mounts having the greater rigidity.