US 12,304,292 B2
Vehicle mounting structure for electric unit
Daisuke Asakura, Kanagawa (JP); and Takashi Kurita, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 17/908,728
Filed by NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/009192
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/176603, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0120938 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/15 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/00 (2013.01) [B62D 21/155 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for a vehicle, the assembly comprising:
a vehicle mounting structure comprising:
a side member, and
a suspension member configured to extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the suspension member comprising a high rigidity portion having a shape extending obliquely in a rearward and downward direction of the vehicle and a low rigidity portion extending rearward from a rear end of the high rigidity portion,
an electric unit comprising an inverter and a first motor; and
a generator fixed to the side member, wherein a height of a lower-most portion of the generator is less than a height of a lower-most portion of the first motor, wherein;
the side member comprises a curved portion having an upwardly convex curved shape,
a plane perpendicular to the front-rear direction of the vehicle passes through the curved portion and the inverter vehicle front-rear direction, and
the electric unit is fixed to the low rigidity portion.