Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Takahiro Kozeki

Takahiro Uneme

Ryuta Wakabayashi

Masaki Takahashi

Takuya Honjo

Daisuke Takeuchi

A vehicle including: a battery; a voltage control unit that boosts an output voltage of the battery; a main drive unit, including an engine and a main drive motor driven by electric power with a boosted voltage, that outputs a main driving force for driving one of a front wheel and a rear wheel by at least one of the engine and the main drive motor; a sub drive unit, including a sub drive motor driven by the electric power with the boosted voltage, that outputs a sub driving force for driving another of the front wheel and the rear wheel; and a control unit, in which, when a temperature of the sub drive unit makes equal to or higher than a predetermined value while the main drive unit outputs the main driving force including a driving force of the engine, the control unit increases the boosted voltage.

Vehicle

A vehicle includes: an electric device mounted on the vehicle; a functional component placed on the electric device to extend further rearward than the electric device in plan view when mounted on the vehicle; a cable connecting the electric device and a battery mounted on the vehicle; and a cable mount that is provided below and within a plane of projection of the functional component on the electric device and has a terminal port facing downward in a vertical direction when mounted in the vehicle. The vehicle reduces the risk of a human touching an electric terminal, improving safety.

Electric device arranged on the powertrain of a vehicle

An electrical connection structure includes a case in which a first electric motor and a second electric motor are housed, and electrical equipment that controls the first electric motor or the second electric motor. The first electric motor is electrically connected to a first three-phase terminal of the electrical equipment via a connecting member. The second electric motor is electrically connected to a second three-phase terminal of the electrical equipment via the connecting member. On the electrical equipment side, the first three-phase terminal and the second three-phase terminal are arranged in series. On the case side, a first electric motor side three-phase terminal, which is connected to the first electric motor, in the connecting member, and a second electric motor side three-phase terminal, which is connected to the second electric motor, in the connecting member, are arranged in parallel.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takahiro Kozeki