Apparatus for protecting a high-voltage wire in an electric vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same
AssigneeHonda Motor Co.Ltd.
InventorKanau Iwashita
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Abstract
A protective guard member is provided in order to protect a high-voltage wire connected to a control unit in an electric vehicle, in which the control unit, for controlling a drive motor of the vehicle, is mounted to a rear swing arm thereof. The high-voltage wire protecting guard member may be provided as a guard arm of a main vehicle support stand, arranged to shield the external side of the high-voltage wire, when the support stand is in a stored position thereof. The guard arm may be configured to protectively shield a water supply pipe and a water discharge pipe for a cooling plate associated with the control unit, as well as protecting the high-voltage wire, when the support stand is in the stored position thereof.
Claims14
In an electric vehicle of the type having:
- a vehicle body frame;
- a electric motor for propelling the vehicle;
- a vehicle electric power source for supplying electric power to the motor;
- a control unit for controlling the drive of the electric motor on the basis of the electric power supplied from the vehicle power source;
- a high-voltage wire connected to the control unit;
- and a rear swing arm attached to the vehicle body frame;
- wherein the improvement comprises:
- the rear swing arm being provided with the control unit and the high-voltage wire operatively mounted thereon;
- and
- a wire protection member which is independent of the rear swing arm, and which is arranged outboard of the high-voltage wire.
An electric vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body frame;
- a rear swing arm pivotally attached to the frame;
- an electric motor operatively connected to the frame for use in propelling the vehicle;
- an electric power source for supplying electric power to the electric motor;
- a control unit for controlling operation of the motor, said control unit operatively attached to the rear swing arm;
- a high-voltage wire connected to the control unit and disposed on the rear swing arm;
- and
- a wire protection member which is separate from the rear swing arm,
- wherein the wire protection member is arranged outboard of the high-voltage wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.