Structure for mounting power supply device in vehicle

• US 20090120703A1
• Filed: 09/04/2006
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Nagata, Shuuichi
• Application Number:
  US11/990,330
• Publication Number:
  US 20090120703A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/68.500
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/04 of the electric storage means for propulsion exchanging batteries for electric propulsion of vehicles B60L53/80; for auxiliary purposes only B60R16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S5/06
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0438 Arrangement under the floor
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 6/48 Parallel type
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/62 Hybrid vehicles

Abstract

A structure for mounting a battery pack in a vehicle includes a battery set mounted in the vehicle, auxiliary machinery electrically connected to the battery set for using the battery set, a battery case housing the battery set, and an auxiliary machinery case housing the auxiliary machinery. The battery case and the auxiliary machinery case are disposed such that a portion of the auxiliary machinery case projected in the vertical direction overlaps with the battery case. According to this configuration, the structure for mounting the power supply device in the vehicle having excellent mountability is provided.

Claims

1. A structure for mounting a power supply device in a vehicle, comprising:

a power supply mounted in the vehicle;

auxiliary machinery electrically connected to said power supply for using said power supply;

a first casing housing said power supply; and

a second casing housing said auxiliary machinery,

said first casing and said second casing being disposed such that at least a portion of said second casing projected in a vertical direction overlaps with said first casing,

said second casing being disposed under said first casing, and

said second casing being attachable and detachable while said first casing remains fixed to a vehicle body.

2. The structure for mounting a power supply device in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein said power supply is mounted in a luggage room provided on a rear side of the vehicle.

3. The structure for mounting a power supply device in a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein

said vehicle has an opening formed for loading and unloading luggage into and from said luggage room, and

a head of a bolt fastening said second casing on a side of a vehicle body faces toward said opening.

4. The structure for mounting a power supply device in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

said first casing is formed in an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape having a direction of a longer dimension and a direction of a shorter dimension as seen from above the vehicle, and

said power supply is mounted in the vehicle such that a width direction of the vehicle approximately corresponds to said direction of the longer dimension and a longitudinal direction of the vehicle approximately corresponds to said direction of the shorter dimension.

5. The structure for mounting a power supply device in a vehicle according to claim 1, the power supply device being placed vertically upward on an installation surface which is a floor surface of the vehicle, further comprising:

a support portion supporting said first casing in a position spaced apart from an installation surface within the vehicle,

said second casing being disposed in a position spaced apart from said installation surface between said installation surface and said first casing.

6. The structure for mounting a power supply device in a vehicle according to claim 1, the power supply device being placed vertically upward on an installation surface which is a floor surface of the vehicle, further comprising

a metallic support portion supporting said first casing in a position spaced apart from said installation surface within the vehicle,

said second casing being disposed between said installation surface and said first casing.

7. The structure for mounting a power supply device in a vehicle according to claim 1, said power supply being mounted in a luggage room provided on a rear side of the vehicle, further comprising:

a cross member disposed upright on a floor surface of said luggage room, extending in a width direction of the vehicle, and placed on a front of said second casing with respect to the vehicle; and

a first bracket, a second bracket and a third bracket provided on a floor surface of said first casing and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.

8. The structure for mounting a power supply device in a vehicle according to claim 7, wherein there is a space provided between said second bracket and said second casing.

9. The structure for mounting a power supply device in a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein

said power supply is mounted in a luggage room provided on a rear side of the vehicle,

said vehicle has an opening provided at a rear of the vehicle for loading and unloading luggage into and from said luggage room, and

said second casing is attachable and detachable from the rear of the vehicle while said first casing remains fixed to the vehicle body.