Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.

Kazuya Matsushita

Hiromichi Sato

Takehito Yoda

Katsuhisa Hirano

Go Kuroyanagi

Yuya Chono

Hisashi Jufuku

A vehicular under cover includes an oblong hole-shaped through-hole and is assembled to a lower side of a vehicle so as to cover a lower part of the heat source. In a plan view, the through-hole is formed so that a longitudinal direction of the through-hole is inclined with respect to a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The inclination excludes an orthogonal direction to the front-rear direction of the vehicle.

Vehicular under cover

An insulative battery holding frame for holding a battery cell includes a fixing portion for fixing the frame to a base member, and an electrical connection preventing portion for preventing any electrical connection between the base member and the fixing portion, the connection being caused by flow of a fluid. The electrical connection preventing portion can include an entrance preventing portion for preventing the fluid having electrical conductivity from entering into the fixing portion, and a guiding portion for guiding the fluid into an insulation region arranged in a lower side portion of the secondary battery cell.

Battery holding frame and assembled battery

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Komaki, Japan

Kazuya Matsushita