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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2011
Kenji Kimura, Miyoshi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Nobuyoshi Fujiwara, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A vehicleaccording to the present invention includes a battery pack, wherein the battery pack is disposed, in the vehicle, forward Fr of a space Sformed between a driver's seatand a passenger's seatprovided side by side in a vehicle width direction, and rearward Rr of an instrument panelprovided forward of the driver's seatand the passenger's seatin the interior of the vehicle. According to the present invention, it is unnecessary to remove the driver's seat and the passenger's seat in removing the battery pack from the vehicle body, and the number of man-hours involved in the removal work of the battery pack can be reduced as compared with the conventional vehicle.