Automobile having electric vehicle drive motor
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkio Kitami, Tatsuyuki Uechi
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Abstract
An automobile includes: a controller for controlling a motor; a main battery for supplying electric power to the motor via the controller; a normally open relay interposed in an electric power supply path extending from the main battery to the controller; and a sub-battery for supplying the electric power to the relay. The controller is mounted with a terminal cover that covers an output terminal for connection with a power supply cable to the motor. The sub-battery is disposed adjacent to the controller so as to interfere with the removal of the terminal cover by a worker.
Claims6
An automobile comprising:
- a controller configured to control a motor for driving the automobile;
- a main battery configured to supply electric power to the motor via the controller:
- a relay interposed in an electric power supply path extending from the main battery to the controller, the relay configured to be normally open;
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- a sub-battery configured to supply electric power to the relay, the controller provided with an input terminal that connects with a power supply cable from the main battery or an output terminal that connects with a power supply cable to the motor, the controller mounted with a terminal cover that covers the input terminal or the output terminal, and the sub-battery disposed adjacent to the controller to interfere with a removal of the terminal cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.