ELECTRIC VEHICLE

• US 20200130519A1
• Filed: 08/02/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Jin
• Granted Patent: US 11,046,197 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 2270/34 of parts
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 50/50 using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/16 Connectors, e.g. plugs or sockets, specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/18 Cables specially adapted for charging electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/20 characterised by converters located in the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 53/50 Charging stations characterised by energy-storage or power-generation means
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 55/00 Arrangements for supplying energy stored within a vehicle to a power network, i.e. vehicle-to-grid [V2G] arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/00 Methods or circuit arrangements for monitoring or controlling batteries or fuel cells, specially adapted for electric vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/30 for monitoring or controlling fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 58/40 for controlling a combination of batteries and fuel cells
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2300/30 The power source being a fuel cell
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/48 for electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 3/38 Arrangements for parallely feeding a single network by two or more generators, converters or transformers
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0063 with circuits adapted for supplying loads from the battery
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/00 Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 90/12 Electric charging stations
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/126 the energy generation units being or involving electric vehicles [EV] or hybrid vehicles [HEV], i.e. power aggregation of EV or HEV, vehicle to grid arrangements [V2G]

Abstract

An electric vehicle includes a power storage device, a front compartment, a power supplying port, and an external power supplying device. The power storage device is configured to feed electric power to a motor for traveling. The front compartment is provided in front of a cabin of the electric vehicle in the electric vehicle. The power supplying port is provided in the front compartment and is configured to be connected with a power supplying cable. The external power supplying device is configured to feed electric power of the power storage device to an outside of the electric vehicle from the power supplying port.

Claims

1. An electric vehicle comprising:

a power storage device configured to feed electric power to a motor for traveling;

a front compartment provided in front of a cabin of the electric vehicle in the electric vehicle;

a power supplying port that is provided in the front compartment and configured such tint a power supplying cable is connected with the power supplying port; and

an external power supplying device configured to feed electric power of the power storage device to an outside of the electric vehicle from the power supplying port.

2. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising an impact absorption member provided inside the front compartment and configured to absorb an impact from a front side of the electric vehicle by deformation, wherein the power supplying port is provided behind the impact absorption member in the electric vehicle.

3. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a power control unit connected with the power storage device and the motor, wherein;

the power control unit is configured to drive the motor by using electric power from the power storage device;

the power control unit is provided in a front portion of the electric vehicle; and

the external power supplying device is connected with an electric power line that connects the power control, unit and the power storage device with each other.

4. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a hood configured to open and close the front compartment, wherein:

the power supplying port is provided at a position below the hood in the electric vehicle; and

the power supplying port is separated from the hood by a given distance.

5. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the power supplying port is provided such that an outlet for the power supplying cable is directed obliquely upward and forward.

6. The electric vehicle according to claim 1 further comprising a fuel cell stack disposed inside the front compartment, wherein the power supplying port is provided behind a front surface of the fuel cell stack in the electric vehicle.

7. The electric vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising:

a fuel cell stack disposed inside the front compartment; and

a mount portion that is attached to an outer edge of the fuel cell stack and configured to fix the fuel cell stack to a vehicle body of the electric vehicle, wherein the power supplying port is provided behind the mount portion in the electric vehicle.