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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10033324 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2017

Vehicle

Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Tomohiro Fukazu, Wako, JP;

Noboru Fujiyoshi, Wako, JP;

Kosuke Oguri, Wako, JP;

Assignee:

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Mori & Ward, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Antony M Paul

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 27/04 (2016.01); H02P 27/06 (2006.01); B60L 15/02 (2006.01); B60L 15/32 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01); H02G 3/30 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60L 11/12 (2006.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 27/06 (2013.01); B60L 3/003 (2013.01); B60L 11/12 (2013.01); B60L 15/007 (2013.01); B60L 15/02 (2013.01); B60L 15/32 (2013.01); H01B 7/0045 (2013.01); H02G 3/30 (2013.01); B60L 2240/526 (2013.01); B60L 2260/28 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/648 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7077 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle includes a first and second motors, a high-voltage device, and a power converter. The power converter is disposed between the first and second motors. The power converter is configured to convert the electric power and to supply the converted electric power to the first and second motors. The power converter has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape that has a first side wall, a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, a third side wall, and a fourth side wall opposite to the third side wall. The first connector is provided on the first side wall and is connected to a first three-phase line via which the first motor is electrically connected to the power converter. The second connector is provided on the third side wall and is connected to a second three-phase line via which the second motor is electrically connected to the power converter.

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