Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle structure
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Application No.: US16592824Application Date: 2019-10-04
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Publication No.: US11007864B2Publication Date: 2021-05-18
- Inventor: Norihiro Hayashi , Tetsuro Okazono
- Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kariya
- Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kariya
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2018-194808 20181016
- Main IPC: B60K6/485
- IPC: B60K6/485 ; B60K1/04 ; B60K15/03 ; F02M37/00 ; B60K1/00

Abstract:
A vehicle structure includes a fuel tank configured to store a fuel supplied to an internal-combustion engine of a vehicle and a battery configured to store an electric power supplied to an electric motor of the vehicle to drive the vehicle. A gravity center of the battery is lower than a gravity center of the fuel tank, and at least a part of the fuel tank overlaps with the battery in a top plan view of the vehicle.
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