Nissan Motor Company Limited

Automotive Energy Supply Corporation

Shinya Ogata

Makoto Iwasa

Tadayoshi Hashimura

Hidetoshi Kadota

Satoshi Shigematsu

Nobuhiro Mori

Satoru Mizoguchi

Hirofumi Uchiyama

Keisuke Shimamoto

Yuichirou Yamamura

Takeshi Aoyagi

Shuji Kataoka

A vehicle () comprises a passenger compartment () in which a front seat (F), a rear seat (R), and a floor () between the front seat (F) and the rear seat (R) are provided. A first group (S) of batteries () is mounted under the front seat (F), a second group (S) of the batteries () is mounted under the floor (), and a third group (S) of the batteries () is mounted under a rear seat (R). By setting a height (h) of the second group (S) of the batteries () to be lower than respective heights (h, h) of the first and third groups (S, S) of the batteries (), a battery mounting capacity of the vehicle () can be increased without affecting the comfort of the passenger compartment ().

Vehicle battery mounting structure

A vehicle battery cooling structure is provided with a vehicle body, a battery unit and a cooling jacket. The vehicle body includes a floor panel and a vehicle body frame member. The battery unit is attached to the vehicle body frame member. The battery unit is arranged below the floor panel. The battery unit includes a battery case and a battery. The cooling jacket is attached to an upper surface of the battery case that houses the battery.

Vehicle battery cooling 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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Ebina, Japan

Shinya Ogata