Vehicle having internal combustion engine and rotating electric machine as power supplies
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakehito Yoda, Atsushi Fujita
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Abstract
A hybrid vehicle includes a rear floor panel, a cross beam, a rear seat, a battery pack and a fuel tank. The rear floor panel is formed with a raised portion located behind the rear seat. The cross beam is disposed in a region located below the raised portion. The battery pack is disposed between the rear seat and the rear floor panel. The fuel tank is disposed in the region located below the raised portion, and is composed of a body located behind the cross beam and a projecting portion projecting forward from upper side surfaces of the body to extend into the space located between a second rear cross member and the cross beam.
Claims16
A vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a rotating electric machine as power sources, comprising:
- a rear seat disposed above a floor panel;
- a power storage device disposed in a region located below said rear seat for storing driving electric power of said rotating electric machine;
- a fuel tank disposed in a region located behind said power storage device below said floor panel for holding liquid fuel to be burned in said internal combustion engine;
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- a suspension member and a vehicle structural member disposed in a region located behind said rear seat and below said floor panel,
- wherein said suspension member and said vehicle structural member extend in a side-to-side direction of said vehicle, and
- wherein said fuel tank includes a portion that extends into a space located between said suspension member and said vehicle structural member.
A vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a rotating electric machine as power sources, comprising:
- a rear seat disposed above a floor panel;
- a power storage device disposed in a region located below said rear seat for storing driving electric power for said rotating electric machine;
- a fuel tank disposed in a region located behind said power storage device and below said floor panel for holding liquid fuel to be burned in said internal combustion engine;
- and
- a suspension member disposed in a region located behind said rear seat and below said floor panel to extend in a side-to-side direction of said vehicle,
- said fuel tank having a recessed portion located in proximity to said suspension member so as not to interfere with said suspension member,
- wherein said fuel tank and said suspension member at least partially overlap each other when viewed in a height direction of said vehicle and when viewed in a forward or rearward direction of said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.