Nissan Motor Company Limited

Nobuhiro Mori

Makoto Iwasa

Kentaro Hatta

Tadayoshi Hashimura

Satoshi Shigematsu

Tatsunori Tanigaki

Hidetoshi Kadota

Minoru Kaho

Kenji Tamura

Daisuke Yamamoto

Takuma Kobayashi

Shinya Ogata

Ryo Saitou

Hideharu Ogawa

Seiichi Ichihara

A battery unit (F) comprising a plurality of batteries () and a connection control device () which controls electrical connection relating to the battery unit (F) are provided in a vehicle (). The battery unit (F) comprises two groups (SR, SL) of the batteries () disposed to have a space (G) there-between, and the connection control device () is disposed in the space (G). The layout of the connection control device () is thereby optimized and the length of a harness () can be shortened.

Vehicle battery mounting structure

A structure for arranging a heat-generating electric component in an automobile has a heat-generating electric component, and a duct extending from an air conditioning unit. The heat-generating electric component and the duct are disposed between a seat and a floor surface of the automobile. An air outlet hole is formed in the heat-generating electric component, through which air on an inside of the heat-generating electric component is discharged to cool the inside. An exit of the duct is disposed near the air outlet hole of the heat-generating electric component.

Structure for arranging heat-generating electric component in automobile

A battery pack is disposed at a lower part of a vehicular body. The battery pack () includes: a protrusion protruding in a vehicular upward direction and disposed at an upper face of the battery pack, and a dent portion disposed at the upper face of the battery pack () and formed lower than the protrusion, wherein an accessory is disposed in the dent portion.

Battery pack

A wiring structure includes brake cable, a shift selection device, and a support bracket. The brake cable links a foot-operated operation pedal disposed in front of a seat and brake units provided to rear wheels rearward of the seat and is directed toward a top surface of a floor tunnel in front of the seat in the vehicle. The shift selection device outputs a signal for switching a driving range position and is supported by the support bracket in a position to the side of the seat, so as to allow a cable insertion space to be disposed between the shift selection device and the top surface of the floor tunnel. The brake cable is wired so as to pass through the cable insertion space.

Wiring structure of a parking brake cable

A harness routing structure for an electric vehicle is provided with a floor panel, a below-floor component, an above-floor component and a harness. The floor panel partitions a cabin space and a below-floor space. The floor panel has a harness through-hole. The below-floor component is disposed below the floor panel. The above-floor component is disposed above the floor panel and further toward a front of the vehicle than the below-floor component. The harness electrically connects the below-floor component and the above-floor component. The harness runs through the through-hole. The harness through-hole is located, with respect to a vehicle-lengthwise direction of the floor panel, in an intermediate position between a below-floor harness connection position of the below-floor component to a first end of the harness and an above-floor harness connection position of the above-floor component to a second end of the harness.

Harness routing structure for electric vehicle

A battery pack () is disposed at a lower part of a vehicular body. The battery pack () includes: a protrusion () protruding in a vehicular upward direction and disposed at an upper face of the battery pack (), and a dent portion () disposed at the upper face of the battery pack () and formed lower than the protrusion (), wherein an accessory () is disposed in the dent portion ().

A vehicle component mounting structure is provided with a vehicle body, a battery, a charger, a high-power electrical component other than the charger. The battery is mounted on the vehicle body. The charger is mounted on the vehicle body and converts a lower-voltage electric power supplied thereto from an external source into a higher-voltage electric power that is supplied to the battery. The high-power electrical component is mounted on the vehicle body with high voltage being supplied to the high-power electrical component. The charger and the high-power electrical component are arranged on longitudinally opposite sides of the battery with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.

Vehicle component mounting arrangement

A vehicle body structure is provided with a vehicle body member, a charger, a structural support member. The charger includes an upper end portion and a lower end portion. The lower end portion of the charger is supported on the vehicle body member. The structural support member extends in a widthwise direction of the vehicle body structure in a position rearward of the upper end portion of the charger and adjacent the upper end portion of the charger.

Vehicle body structure

A plurality of batteries () are disposed under a floor panel () of a vehicle (). A first battery unit (F) comprising a plurality of batteries () stacked in a vertical direction and a second battery unit (R) comprising a plurality of batteries () stacked in a vehicle transverse direction are provided. By arranging a layout of the first battery unit (F) and the second battery unit (R) considering the location of an electric equipment () to which the batteries () supply power as well as the location of passenger seats (F,R), the weight balance of the vehicle () in the front-aft direction can be optimized.

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Odawara, Japan

Nobuhiro Mori