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US 2013/0220718 A1Published application
Electric automobile
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYusuke Gotou, Atsushi Amano, Ryoji Tomokage, Tomoyuki Suzuki
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AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYusuke Gotou, Atsushi Amano, Ryoji Tomokage, Tomoyuki Suzuki
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Provided is an electric automobile that can protect high-voltage components from shocks during impact. The electric automobile, which has a motor room that is separated from the cabin and partitioned at the front of the vehicle body and that houses a driving motor and a power control unit that drives/controls the driving motor, is provided with: a pair of side frames that extend in the front-back direction of the vehicle body at both sides of the vehicle body of the motor room; and a unit support frame that encloses the power control unit on four sides and supports the power control unit. The unit support frame is suspended from the pair of side frames and is fastened to the pair of side frames. The power control unit is supported by the unit support frame at at least the sides excluding that in the backwards direction of vehicle body of the four sides of the unit support frame.
An electric automobile having a motor compartment, which houses therein a traction motor and a power control unit for controlling the traction motor, the motor compartment being defined in a front portion of a vehicle body and isolated from a passenger compartment, comprising:
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