Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle front structure
- Patent Title (中): 车辆前部结构
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Application No.: US14354373Application Date: 2012-10-26
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Publication No.: US09010479B2Publication Date: 2015-04-21
- Inventor: Taku Kambayashi
- Applicant: Taku Kambayashi
- 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: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
- Priority: JP2011-236463 20111027
- International Application: PCT/IB2012/002296 WO 20121026
- International Announcement: WO2013/061153 WO 20130502
- Main IPC: B60K1/00
- IPC: B60K1/00 ; B60H1/32 ; B62D25/08 ; B60K5/12 ; B60K11/04

Abstract:
A vehicle front structure includes: a motor unit for driving front wheels that is accommodated in a motor room formed in a front portion of a vehicle, and that has a driving shaft arranged coaxially with drive shafts connected to the front wheels; an air compressor that is securely attached to a rear portion of the motor unit in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a front side member that is arranged outward of the motor unit in a vehicle lateral direction, and that extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction; a cross member that is arranged above the motor unit in a vehicle height direction, that extends in the vehicle lateral direction, and that is connected to the front side member; and an inverter that is arranged above the cross member in the vehicle height direction, and that supplies electric power to the motor unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140311812A1 VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2014-10-23
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