# US 8,783,402 B2 · Vehicle electric equipment mounting structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,783,402 B2 - Document ID: US8783402B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/387,298 - Filed: 2010-07-26 - Published: 2012-05-17 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2009-07-27 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Yasushi Ogihara; Harumi Takedomi - Inventors: Yasushi Ogihara; Harumi Takedomi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783402B2 ## CPC - B60L 50/66: {Arrangements of batteries} - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02T 10/70: Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries - B60L: PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units or of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion in vehicles B60K1/00, B60K6/20; arrangements or mounting of electrical gearing in vehicles B60K17/12, B60K17/14; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C15/08; dynamo-electric machines H02K; control or regulation of electric motors H02P); SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D1/64; electric heating for vehicles B60H1/00); ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (control or regulation of electric motors H02P); MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract In a vehicle having rear seats which can be swung up, a vehicle electric equipment mounting structure is provided which can ensure a sufficient space at a rear part of the vehicle which allows passengers to walk therethrough while arranging vehicle driving electric motor-related electric equipment at the rear part of the vehicle. Third row seats 5 which can be swung up towards side walls 9a are provided at a rear part of a vehicle 1. Electric equipment such as a battery unit 21, an inverter unit 22 and a DC-DC converter unit 23 is accommodated within a downwardly depressed portion 11 in a floor panel 2 underneath a rear lid board 34 on which the third row seats 5, taking a seating posture, are positioned. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle electric equipment mounting structure for mounting vehicle driving electric motor-related electric equipment including at least a battery in a vehicle, wherein a rear seat is provided at a rear part of the vehicle, so as to take a seating posture by being locked on strikers exposed from a floor surface and a stowing posture by releasing the locking on the strikers and swinging up towards side walls of the vehicle, wherein the electric equipment is accommodated in a downwardly depressed floor panel to be positioned near underneath the rear seat taking the seating posture, wherein the rear seat includes a pair of rear seats capable of taking the seating posture by being locked individually on left and right strikers and the stowing posture by releasing individually the locking on the left and right strikers, the left and right strikers being provided in a vehicle width direction, wherein sup-frames which support the electric equipment are fixed individually to a pair of side sills which are disposed on both sides in the vehicle width direction, the sub-frames extending in the vehicle width direction, and wherein the left and right strikers are mounted on the sub-frames. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The structure of claim 1, wherein the battery is provided so as to extend in a vehicle width direction, wherein the battery can be removed in a state where the rear seat takes the stowing posture, and wherein a foamed urethane resin is provided on a back surface of a seat cushion of the rear seat. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The structure of claim 1, wherein at least one of an inlet port and an outlet port of a duct for cooling the electric equipment is positioned near underneath the rear seat taking the stowing posture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The structure of claim 3, wherein at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port is directed towards the back surface of the seat cushion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The structure of claim 1, wherein wiring harnesses for activating at least one of an electric power seat and an electric heater of the rear seat are connected to the battery. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The structure of claim 1, wherein at least one of an inlet duct and an outlet duct for cooling the electric equipment is formed integrally with the floor surface.