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US 12,637,031 B2Granted
Vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTatsuya Shimizu, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
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Abstract
A vehicle that is an electric vehicle, includes a battery, a vehicle body, a fastening member, and a cleansing unit. The vehicle body includes a mounting portion. The mounting portion is configured to mount the battery. The fastening member fastens the battery to the mounting portion. The cleansing unit cleanses the fastening member.
Claims4
A vehicle comprising:
- a battery;
- a vehicle body including a mounting portion that is configured to mount the battery;
- a fastening member for fastening the battery to the mounting portion;
- and
- a cleansing unit for cleansing the fastening member, the cleansing unit including
- a spray unit for spraying the fastening member with a cleansing fluid for cleansing the fastening member, and a supply unit for supplying the cleansing fluid to the spray unit,
- wherein,
- the spray unit is configured to move in an up-down direction, between a spraying position for spraying the cleansing fluid toward the fastening member from below, and a stored position in the vehicle body,
- the supply unit includes a pump for feeding the cleansing fluid towards the spray unit, and
- the spray unit moves from the stored position to the spraying position under pressure of the cleansing fluid generated by driving the pump.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a battery;
- a vehicle body including a mounting portion that is configured to mount the battery;
- a fastening member for fastening the battery to the mounting portion;
- and
- a cleansing unit for cleansing the fastening member
- wherein the cleansing unit includes a brush portion configured to clean the fastening member, and a cam lever for driving the brush portion, and
- wherein the cam lever drives the brush portion by being pressed when the battery is replaced.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.