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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Shinya Kubota, Wako, JP;
Harumi Takedomi, Wako, JP;
Kazuyuki Kumakura, Wako, JP;
Mitsushige Goto, Wako, JP;
Shinya Kubota, Wako, JP;
Harumi Takedomi, Wako, JP;
Kazuyuki Kumakura, Wako, JP;
Mitsushige Goto, Wako, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hybrid vehicle is provided in which a case () for housing an electrical component including at least a battery module is disposed underneath a floor of a luggage compartment interposed between left and right rear side frames () immediately to the rear of a fuel tank () disposed beneath a floor panel () of a hybrid vehicle, and a canister () is disposed on one of left and right sides of the case (). Since the canister () is disposed further inside than the outer end of the rear side frame () in the left-and-right direction and further forward than the rear end of the case (), when the vehicle is involved in a collision from the side the case () and the canister () can be protected by the rear side frame (), and when the vehicle is involved in a collision from the rear the fuel tank () and the canister () can be protected by the case () while guaranteeing the capacity of a luggage compartment of a rear part of a vehicle body.