# US 8,770,326 B2 · Vehicle component mounting arrangement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,770,326 B2 - Document ID: US8770326B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/264,049 - Filed: 2010-04-10 - Published: 2012-03-08 - Granted: 2014-07-08 - Earliest claimed: 2009-04-15 - Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shinichi Matano - Inventors: Shinichi Matano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770326B2 ## CPC - B60K 1/04: of the electric storage means for propulsion - B60K 1/00: Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) - B60K 2001/0438: {Arrangement under the floor} - B60K: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES ## Abstract A vehicle component mounting arrangement is provided with a motor, an inverter, a converter and a drive power supply battery. The motor serves as a vehicle drive source. The inverter is electrically connected to the motor to supply a drive current to the motor. The inverter is vertically arranged above the motor in a vertical direction of a vehicle. The converter is arranged inside a motor room of a vehicle. The drive power supply battery is electrically connected to the converter with an electrical harness. The drive power supply battery is arranged outside the motor room on a side of the motor room that is closer to a vehicle cabin. The converter is further arranged between the inverter and the drive power supply battery with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle component mounting arrangement comprising: a motor serving as a vehicle drive source; an inverter electrically connected to the motor to supply a drive current to the motor, the inverter being vertically arranged above the motor in a vertical direction of a vehicle; a converter arranged inside a motor room of a vehicle; and a drive power supply battery electrically connected to the converter with an electrical harness, the drive power supply battery being arranged outside the motor room on a side of the motor room that is closer to a vehicle cabin, the converter being further arranged between the inverter and the drive power supply battery with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the converter having an overall rectangular box shape that is arranged in a standing orientation with a shortest dimension of the rectangular box shape extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and another dimension of the rectangular box shape extending in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and a bottommost end of the rectangular box shape being positioned lower than a bottommost end of the inverter with respect to the vertical direction of the vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein the drive power supply battery is arranged below a floor of the vehicle cabin; and the electrical harness is connected to a bottom side of the converter. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein the inverter and the converter are arranged with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle such that the inverter and the converter overlap with a motor housing that houses the motor when viewed from above the vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 2, wherein the inverter and the converter are arranged with respect to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle such that the inverter and the converter overlap with a motor housing that houses the motor when viewed from above the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 2, wherein the electrical harness is connected to the converter at a position that is lower than a partitioning wall separating the motor room and the vehicle cabin. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 5, wherein the converter includes a planar contact portion that faces the partitioning wall with the planar contact portion being parallel to the partitioning wall. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 1, wherein the electrical harness is connected to the converter at a position that is lower than a partitioning wall separating the motor room and the vehicle cabin. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 7, wherein the converter includes a planar contact portion that faces the partitioning wall with the planar contact portion being parallel to the partitioning wall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 3, wherein the electrical harness is connected to the converter at a position that is lower than a partitioning wall separating the motor room and the vehicle cabin. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 9, wherein the converter includes a planar contact portion that faces the partitioning wall with the planar contact portion being parallel to the partitioning wall. ### Claim 11 A vehicle component mounting arrangement comprising: a motor serving as a vehicle drive source; an inverter electrically connected to the motor to supply a drive current to the motor, the inverter being vertically arranged above the motor in a vertical direction of a vehicle; a converter arranged inside a motor room of a vehicle; and a drive power supply battery electrically connected to the converter with an electrical harness, the drive power supply battery being arranged outside the motor room on a side of the motor room that is closer to a vehicle cabin, the converter being further arranged between the inverter and the drive power supply battery with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and the electrical harness being connected to the converter at a position that is lower than a partitioning wall separating the motor room and the vehicle cabin. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The vehicle component mounting arrangement as recited in claim 11, wherein the converter includes a planar contact portion that faces the partitioning wall with the planar contact portion being parallel to the partitioning wall.