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US 9,168,819 B2Granted
Electricity-storage device arrangement structure of vehicle
AssigneeMazda Motor Corporation
InventorsSeigo Suzuki, Sho Kawanari
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Abstract
An arrangement structure of an electricity-storage device of a vehicle, which comprises a pair of right-and-left front side frames, a dash panel partitioning a vehicle-compartment front portion at rear end portions of the front side frames, and a pair of front tires arranged on an outside, in a vehicle width direction, of the front side frames. The electricity-storage device is arranged on the outside, in the vehicle width direction, of the front side frame at a position between the dash panel and the front tire in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that the electricity-storage device overlaps a rear end portion of the front side frame (the kick-up portion, the protrusion portion) in a vehicle side view.
Claims17
An electricity-storage device arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of right-and-left front side frames extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, each of which comprises a horizontal portion extending substantially horizontally and a kick-up portion extending from a rear end of the horizontal portion rearward and downward;
- a dash panel partitioning a vehicle-compartment front portion from a drive-source room in which a drive source of the vehicle is provided at rear end portions of the front side frames;
- a pair of front tires arranged on an outside, in a vehicle width direction, of the front side frames;
- a pair of wheel houses covering over the front tires;
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- an electricity-storage device positioned on the outside, in the vehicle width direction, of any one of the front side frames,
- wherein said electricity-storage device is arranged at a position which is located outside of the drive-source room and between said dash panel and said wheel house of the front tire in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that at least a portion of the electricity-storage device overlaps the kick-up portion of said front side frame in a vehicle side view, whereby the electricity-storage device is screened from the drive source provided in the drive-source room by the kick-up portion of the front side frame.
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An electricity-storage device arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of right-and-left front side frames extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
- a dash panel partitioning a vehicle-compartment front portion at rear end portions of the front side frames;
- a pair of front tires arranged on an outside, in a vehicle width direction, of the front side frames;
- a sub frame provided below said front side frames;
- a pair of wheel houses covering over said front tires;
- a longitudinal-displacement engine arranged between said pair of right-and-left front side frames;
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- an electricity-storage device positioned on the outside, in the vehicle width direction, of one of the front side frames which is positioned on an intake-pipe side of said engine,
- wherein said electricity-storage device is arranged at a position which is located between said dash panel and said front tire in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that at least a portion of an upper portion of the electricity-storage device overlaps a rear end portion of one of said front side frames and at least a portion of a lower portion of the electricity-storage device overlaps said sub frame in a vehicle side view,
- respective portions of said front side frame and said sub frame which respectively overlap said electricity-storage device in the vehicle side view have a closed cross section, respectively,
- said rear end portion of the front side frame includes a protrusion portion for sub frame's fixation where the rear end portion of the front side frame and the sub frame are fixed together and a slant portion which slants rearward and downward along said dash panel, and said electricity-storage device is arranged such that the electricity-storage device overlaps said protrusion portion and said slant portion of the front side frame in the vehicle side view, and
- said electricity-storage device is arranged in back of said wheel house such that at least a portion of the electricity-storage device overlaps said wheel house when viewed from the front.
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An electricity-storage device arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of right-and-left front side frames extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
- a dash panel partitioning a vehicle-compartment front portion at rear end portions of the front side frames;
- a pair of front tires arranged on an outside, in a vehicle width direction, of the front side frames;
- a sub frame is provided below said front side frames;
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- an electricity-storage device positioned on the outside, in the vehicle width direction, of any one of the front side frames,
- wherein said electricity-storage device is arranged at a position which is located between said dash panel and said front tire in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that at least a portion of an upper portion of the electricity-storage device overlaps a rear end portion of said front side frame in a vehicle side view and at least a portion of a lower portion of the electricity-storage device overlaps said sub frame in the vehicle side view.
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An electricity-storage device arrangement structure of a vehicle, comprising:
- a pair of right-and-left front side frames extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction;
- a dash panel partitioning a vehicle-compartment front portion at rear end portions of the front side frames;
- a pair of front tires arranged on an outside, in a vehicle width direction, of the front side frames;
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- an electricity-storage device positioned on the outside, in the vehicle width direction, of any one of the front side frames,
- wherein said electricity-storage device is arranged at a position which is located between said dash panel and said front tire in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that at least a portion of the electricity-storage device overlaps a rear end portion of said front side frame in a vehicle side view, an engine or a motor for driving is arranged between said pair of right-and-left front side frames, and said electricity-storage device and said engine or said motor for driving are arranged so as to overlap each other in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.