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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Inventors:
Norihiro Hayashi, Kariya, JP;
Tetsuro Okazono, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/485 (2007.10); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); F02M 37/00 (2006.01); B60K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/485 (2013.01); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60K 15/03 (2013.01); B60K 2001/005 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03243 (2013.01); F02M 37/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle structure includes a fuel tank configured to store a fuel supplied to an internal-combustion engine of a vehicle and a battery configured to store an electric power supplied to an electric motor of the vehicle to drive the vehicle. A gravity center of the battery is lower than a gravity center of the fuel tank, and at least a part of the fuel tank overlaps with the battery in a top plan view of the vehicle.