US 11,912,217 B2
Vehicle
Koushi Yamada, Odawara (JP); Junichi Sudo, Fujisawa (JP); Kenichiro Sakurai, Nagakute (JP); Kazuhiro Maeda, Susono (JP); and Toshio Tanahashi, Susono (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,032.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-076872 (JP), filed on May 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356679 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/06 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle that is positively charged with static electricity due to an external factor including running of a vehicle body kept electrically insulated from a road, the vehicle comprising:
a battery including at least one cell having a positive plate and a negative plate opposed via a separator, an electrolyte, a resin case accommodating the at least one cell and the electrolyte, a negative terminal provided on the resin case so as to be connected to the negative plate and grounded to the vehicle body, and a positive terminal provided on the resin case so as to be connected to the positive plate and configured to supply electric power from a charger of the vehicle, the battery being configured to supply electric power to an auxiliary of the vehicle from the positive terminal;
a static eliminator sheet made of a material on a positive side of a triboelectric series with respect to a material of the resin case; and
a holding member holding the static eliminator sheet and the resin case in contact with each other and holding the battery at a predetermined location of the vehicle body in a state where the resin case and the static eliminator sheet are slidable due to vibrations of the vehicle body.