Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle lower portion structure
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Application No.: US16249638Application Date: 2019-01-16
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Publication No.: US10596894B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Hidenori Matsuda
- Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Priority: JP2018-013927 20180130
- Main IPC: B60K6/40
- IPC: B60K6/40 ; B60K1/00 ; B60K6/28 ; B60K11/04 ; B60K15/01 ; B60K15/03 ; B62D25/08 ; B60K15/063

Abstract:
A vehicle lower portion structure has an internal combustion engine that is disposed on one side in a vehicle width direction in a power unit compartment, an inverter that is disposed on another side in the vehicle width direction in the power unit compartment, an exhaust pipe that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction through a dash panel separating the power unit compartment from a vehicle cabin, and is disposed within a floor tunnel that is provided in a central portion in the vehicle width direction at least at a position of the dash panel, and whose one end portion is connected to the internal combustion engine, a battery that is provided on a vehicle rear side of the dash panel, high-voltage power cables that extend in the vehicle front-rear direction on another side in the vehicle width direction and connect the inverter and the battery together.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190232776A1 VEHICLE LOWER PORTION STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-08-01
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