Vehicle component mounting structure
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorYutaka Kanno
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Abstract
A vehicle component mounting arrangement comprises a vehicle body member, a motor, an inverter and an air conditioning compressor. The motor serves as a drive source. The motor has a motor housing that is elastically supported with respect to the vehicle body member inside a motor room. The inverter is electrically connected to the motor to supply a drive current to the motor. The inverter is vertically arranged above the motor inside the motor room such that a vertical space exists directly between the inverter and the motor in a vertical direction of the vehicle. The air conditioning compressor serves to compress a refrigerant. The air conditioning compressor is attached to the motor housing, and is arranged inside the vertical space between the inverter and the motor.
Claims13
A vehicle component mounting arrangement comprising:
- a vehicle body member;
- a motor serving as a drive source with the motor having a motor housing that is elastically supported with respect to the vehicle body member inside a motor room;
- an inverter electrically connected to the motor to supply a drive current to the motor with the inverter being vertically arranged above the motor inside the motor room such that a vertical space exists directly between the inverter and the motor in a vertical direction of the vehicle;
- an electrical harness electrically connecting the motor to the inverter with the electrical harness having a motor connector connecting one end of the electrical harness to the motor, the electrical harness being arranged inside the vertical space between the inverter and the motor in longitudinal and widthwise directions of the vehicle;
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- an air conditioning compressor serving to compress a refrigerant with the air conditioning compressor being attached to the motor housing and arranged inside the vertical space between the inverter and the motor in the longitudinal and widthwise directions of the vehicle, the air conditioning compressor is arranged such that the air conditioning compressor overlaps with a portion of the electrical harness as viewed from the widthwise direction of the vehicle, with a majority of the air conditioning compressor being located longitudinal outbound of the motor connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.