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US 2026/0296550 A1Published application
Vehicle rear structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoya KAWAMOTO, Shota YONEZAWA, Yo YAMAMOTO
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Abstract
A control device is provided on an inward side of a pair of rear wheels in a vehicle width direction, and the control device is set so as not to be disposed on extension lines of the rear wheels along a vehicle front-rear direction. Thus, in the present embodiment, in the event of a rear collision of the vehicle, input of a collision load from the rear wheels to the control device can be averted.
Claims5
A vehicle rear structure comprising:
- a frame that supports a battery case installed in a lower portion of a vehicle;
- a pair of rear wheels each provided on a rear side of the frame in the vehicle, on both outer sides in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle;
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- a control device that is provided at a rear end portion of the frame in a vehicle front-rear direction in plan view of the vehicle, and is also disposed inward of the rear wheels in the vehicle width direction and controls operation of battery modules accommodated in the battery case.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.