PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE FOR HIGH-VOLTAGE UNIT

• US 20130057028A1
• Filed: 05/16/2011
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Original Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
• Inventors: Kato, Keisuke
• Granted Patent: US 8,657,355 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 296/193.09
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0215 Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/04 Arrangement of batteries

Abstract

A protection structure for a high-voltage unit installed in a vehicle provided with: a vehicle interior; a storage chamber located in front of the vehicle interior in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and storing the high-voltage unit; a dash panel for separating the vehicle interior and the storage chamber; and a high-voltage cable connected to the high-voltage unit.

Claims

1. A protective structure for a high-voltage unit in a vehicle equipped with the high-voltage unit, the vehicle being provided with a cabin, a storage compartment to store the high-voltage unit located in front of the cabin in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a dash panel to partition the cabin and the storage compartment, and a high-voltage cable connected to the high-voltage unit,

wherein the high-voltage cable is routed from a rear part on a side of the cabin in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle toward a side surface of the vehicle along a wall surface of the dash panel on a side of the storage compartment, deformed into a U-shape in a space between the dash panel and the high-voltage unit on the way to the high-voltage unit, connected to a side surface of the high-voltage unit, and shaped such that a part of the high-voltage cable which is routed along the wall surface of the dash panel on the side of the storage compartment and a part connected to the high-voltage unit are substantially parallel to each other.

2. The protective structure for a high-voltage unit according to claim 1, wherein the high-voltage unit is an inverter.

3. The protective structure for a′

high-voltage unit according to claim 1, wherein the high-voltage unit is mounted on an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle.