Vehicle battery mounting structure
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsMakoto Iwasa, Shinya Ogata, Hidetoshi Kadota, Tadayoshi Hashimura, Nobuhiro Mori
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Abstract
A plurality of batteries (3) are disposed under a floor panel (16) of a vehicle (1). A first battery unit (38F) comprising a plurality of batteries (3) stacked in a vertical direction and a second battery unit (38R) comprising a plurality of batteries (3) stacked in a vehicle transverse direction are provided. By arranging a layout of the first battery unit (38F) and the second battery unit (38R) considering the location of an electric equipment (12, 13, 14) to which the batteries (3) supply power as well as the location of passenger seats (32F, 32R), the weight balance of the vehicle (1) in the front-aft direction can be optimized.
Claims18
A vehicle battery mounting structure for mounting a plurality of batteries under a floor panel of a vehicle, comprising:
- a first battery unit comprising a plurality of the batteries stacked in a vertical direction;
- a second battery unit comprising a plurality of the batteries stacked in a vehicle transverse direction,
- wherein the batteries of the first battery unit are formed into a cuboid having three sides and the vertical direction corresponds to a direction along a shortest side of the batteries of the first battery unit.
A vehicle battery mounting structure for mounting a plurality of batteries under a floor panel of a vehicle, comprising:
- a first battery unit comprising a plurality of the batteries stacked in a vertical direction;
- a second battery unit comprising a plurality of the batteries stacked in a vehicle transverse direction,
- wherein the vehicle comprises an electric equipment comprising an electric motor and a related device as a motive force source for traveling, and the second battery unit is disposed on the opposite side of the first battery unit to the electric equipment with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle,
- wherein the first battery unit comprises a plurality of rows of battery stacks arranged in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the rows forming a space there-between, and a harness connected to the batteries is disposed in the space;
- and
- a switch for electrically connecting and disconnecting the first battery unit and the second battery unit, and an electric control device for controlling electric power transmitted between the first and second battery units and the electric equipment, wherein the switch and the electric control device are disposed in the space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.