US 11,987,289 B2
Power unit suspension structure
Kan Saito, Osaka (JP); Toshiyuki Tsuchiya, Shizuoka (JP); Takashi Umezu, Tokyo (JP); Masao Tajima, Aichi (JP); Hiroyuki Shiraishi, Tokyo (JP); and Toshimichi Nishikawa, Hiroshima (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP); TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP); HINO MOTORS, LTD., Tokyo (JP); MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP); ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED, Tokyo (JP); and YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/608,993
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP); TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi (JP); HINO MOTORS, LTD., Tokyo (JP); MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, Hiroshima (JP); ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED, Tokyo (JP); and YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/002993
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/225947, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-087411 (JP), filed on May 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204084 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); B60K 17/16 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 21/11 (2013.01) [B60K 1/00 (2013.01); B60K 2001/001 (2013.01); B60K 17/16 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A suspension structure for a power unit of an electric vehicle, the power unit including a motor, a transaxle, and a power control unit,
wherein the transaxle is arranged in a substantially center portion in a vehicle width direction,
wherein the motor is arranged at a position on an upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on one side in the vehicle width direction,
wherein the power control unit is arranged at a position on the upper side with respect to the transaxle, and on an opposite side of the motor, and
wherein the motor and the power control unit is suspended on a principal axis of inertia, wherein the principal axis of inertia is substantially parallel with an axis in the vehicle width direction when the power unit is viewed from above.