Motor vehicle

• US 9,821,645 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2014
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Hayashi, Tsuyoshi, Yamanaka, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dolak, James M
• Application Number:
  US15/112,045
• Publication Number:
  US 20160339774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,064 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 1/00 Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00; electric transmission arrangements B60K17/12; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles per se B60L; current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L5/00
• 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 2001/005 the electric storage means
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2001/0438 Arrangement under the floor
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 25/20 Floors or bottom sub-units sub-frames for mounting engine or suspensions B62D21/11; drip trays F16N31/006

Abstract

A motor vehicle includes a floor panel, a battery pack, a battery pack-associated component, a first tray, a first flange portion, a second tray, and a second flange portion. The battery pack is arranged on the first tray. The first tray is arranged on the floor panel of the motor vehicle. The first flange portion is provided on a first peripheral edge. The first peripheral edge is a peripheral edge of the first tray. The battery pack-associated component is arranged on the second tray. The second tray is arranged on the floor panel of the motor vehicle. The second flange portion is provided on a second peripheral edge. The second peripheral edge is a peripheral edge of the second tray. The second flange portion is located above the first flange portion in a vertical direction of the motor vehicle. The second flange portion overlaps with the first flange portion in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle. The first flange portion projects toward the second tray side. The second flange portion projects toward the first tray side.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle apparatus comprising:

a floor panel;

a battery pack;

a battery pack-associated component;

a first tray on which the battery pack is arranged, the first tray being arranged on the floor panel;

a first flange portion that is provided on a first peripheral edge, the first peripheral edge being a peripheral edge of the first tray;

a second tray on which the battery pack-associated component is arranged, the second tray being arranged on the floor panel; and

a second flange portion that is provided on a second peripheral edge, the second peripheral edge being a peripheral edge of the second tray, wherein

the second flange portion is located above the first flange portion in a vertical direction of the motor vehicle,

the second flange portion overlaps with the first flange portion in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle,

the first flange portion projects toward the second tray, and

the second flange portion projects toward the first tray, wherein

the floor panel includes a floor tunnel portion, and

the first flange portion and the second flange portion overlap with each other on the floor tunnel portion.

2. The motor vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the floor panel includes a first recessed portion, a second recessed portion, and a remaining portion—

in a lateral direction of the motor vehicle, the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion being regions that are sunken downward in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle with respect to the remaining portion of the floor panel,

the floor tunnel portion is located between the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion, and is a region that protrudes upward in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle with respect to the first recessed portion and the second recessed portion.

3. The motor vehicle apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the first tray is arranged on the first recessed portion,

the second tray is arranged on the second recessed portion, and

the first flange portion and the second flange portion overlap with each other above the floor tunnel portion.

5. The motor vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

a connector is connected to the battery pack-associated component, the connector being a non-waterproof connector.

6. The motor vehicle apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the battery pack-associated component is a battery pack cooling device, the battery pack cooling device including a cooling blower and a duct, and the battery pack cooling device cooling the battery pack by supplying cooling wind to the battery pack.

4. A motor vehicle apparatus comprising:

a floor panel;

a battery pack;

a battery pack-associated component;

a first tray on which the battery pack is arranged, the first tray being arranged on the floor panel;

a first flange portion that is provided on a first peripheral edge, the first peripheral edge being a peripheral edge of the first tray;

a second tray on which the battery pack-associated component is arranged, the second tray being arranged on the floor panel; and

a second flange portion that is provided on a second peripheral edge, the second peripheral edge being a peripheral edge of the second tray, wherein

the second flange portion is located above the first flange portion in a vertical direction of the motor vehicle,

the second flange portion overlaps with the first flange portion in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle,

the first flange portion projects toward the second tray, and

the second flange portion projects toward the first tray, wherein

a protrusion portion is provided on the first peripheral edge, and

the protrusion portion protrudes above the second flange portion, and faces the second flange portion, wherein

the first flange portion, the second flange portion, and a floor tunnel portion of the floor panel, are arranged spaced apart from one another in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle.