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US 2014/0004404 A1Published application
Vehicle battery
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsYukiko Kinoshita, Naoto Todoroki
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Abstract
In a vehicle battery of the invention, a second battery module (13C) and another battery module having a greater height than the second battery module (13C) are placed below a floor panel (8) of a vehicle and adjacent to each other in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. Thin heater modules (22, 23) configured to heat the second battery module (13C) are provided in front of and behind the second battery module (13C) in the front-rear direction of the vehicle.
Claims7
1-6. (canceled)
A vehicle battery comprising:
- a one battery module placed below a floor panel of a vehicle;
- another battery module placed adjacent to the one battery module on a side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and having a greater height than a height of the one battery module;
- and
- heater modules located in front of and behind the one battery module in the front-rear direction of the vehicle in such a manner as to face side surfaces of the one battery module, the heater modules being configured to heat the one battery module, wherein
- at least one of the heater modules is placed between the one battery module and the other battery module, and has a smaller height than the height of the other battery module.
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A vehicle battery comprising:
- a battery module located below a floor panel of a vehicle, including
- a first battery module located below a front seat and having a first height,
- a second battery module located below the floor panel of the vehicle at a rear seat footrest between the front seat and the rear seat, and having a second height smaller than the first height, and
- a third battery module located below the rear seat and having a third height greater than the first height,
- the first battery module, the second battery module, and the third battery module being sequentially arranged from a front side of the vehicle;
- and
- heater modules located in front of and behind the second battery module in a front-rear direction of the vehicle in such a manner as to face side surfaces of the second battery module, the heater modules being configured to heat the second battery module, wherein
- among the heater modules, the heater module located in front of the second battery module is placed between the first battery module and the second battery module, and has a smaller height than the height of the first battery module, and
- among the heater modules, the heater module located behind the second battery module is placed between the second battery module and the third battery module, and has a smaller height than the height of the third battery module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.