ELECTRIC VEHICLE

• Main Authors: MITA YOSHINORI, TAKEUCHI AKISHIRO, ANAZAWA MAKOTO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.07.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To lower the centroid of an electric vehicle and reduce the length of a power line that connects a battery and a motor. SOLUTION: Under a floor panel 63, this electric vehicle attachably and detachably supports a battery box 9 in which a battery 10 is installed at the rear and a control unit 11 and a PDU 12 are installed at the front. This lowers the position of the control unit 11 and the PDU 12 contributing to a lower centroid of the vehicle, as well as enables an arrangement of a power line from the battery, via the control unit 11 and the PDU 12, to a motor 5 with the minimum distance, making the power line the shortest.