Electric vehicle
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKenichi NAKAGAWA
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Abstract
An electric vehicle is configured such that a motor room of the vehicle accommodates a drive device including an electric motor and an inverter device electrically connected to the electric motor above the electric motor, a vehicle auxiliary component fixed to the drive device, and a radiator disposed in front of the drive device in the vehicle and configured to allow cooling water to circulate through. The inverter device is accommodated in an inverter case provided on an upper portion of the drive device. The vehicle auxiliary component is attached to the inverter case from above and disposed in a manner of protruding toward a front side of the vehicle beyond a front end of the inverter case.
Claims7
An electric vehicle, comprising:
- a motor room configured to accommodate
- a drive device including an electric motor and an inverter device electrically connected to the electric motor above the electric motor,
- a vehicle auxiliary component fixed to the drive device, and
- a radiator disposed in front of the drive device in the vehicle and configured to allow cooling water to circulate through, wherein
- the inverter device is accommodated in an inverter case provided on an upper portion of the drive device,
- the vehicle auxiliary component is attached to the inverter case from above by a bracket fixed to an upper surface of the inverter case, and disposed in a manner of protruding toward a front side of the vehicle beyond a front end of the inverter case,
- the bracket includes
- a fixed portion fixed to the upper surface of the inverter case, and
- an erecting portion erecting upward above the fixed portion,
- the bracket is configured to be fixed to the vehicle auxiliary component at an upper end of the erecting portion, and
- the vehicle auxiliary component is disposed apart from the upper surface of the inverter case by the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.