US 11,834,100 B2
Electric vehicle
Akihito Sasaki, Toyota (JP); Yuuki Mukaigawa, Seto (JP); and Tatsuya Narahara, Shibuya-ku (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA;, Toyota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP); and SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/196,237.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-074925 (JP), filed on Apr. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323609 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B62D 21/15 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B62D 25/20 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/157 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/20 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle, comprising:
a floor panel; and
a battery pack located below the floor panel, the battery pack including:
a bottom plate;
a plurality of battery stacks distributed on the bottom plate along a longitudinal direction of the electric vehicle with an interval provided between the battery stacks;
a battery crossmember protruding upward from the bottom plate, extending along a width direction of the electric vehicle, and located between the battery stacks;
a plurality of end plates each of which is fixed to an outer side surface of corresponding one of the battery stacks, the outer side surface facing outward in the width direction;
a first load transmitting component extending from the battery crossmember to a position located higher than upper surfaces of the battery stacks; and
a second load transmitting component located outward of the first load transmitting component in the width direction; and
a wiring connected to at least one of the battery stacks,
wherein:
the second load transmitting component is a component extending from the battery crossmember to a position higher than the upper surfaces of the battery stacks or a component extending from at least one of the end plates to a position higher than the upper surfaces of the battery stacks;
the second load transmitting component is the component extending from at least one of the end plates to a position higher than the upper surfaces of the battery stacks, and
the wiring is located on the battery crossmember and outward of the first load transmitting component in the width direction.