US 11,697,336 B2
Mounting structure for power storage device
Masaki Shimada, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/138,100.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-006576 (JP), filed on Jan. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0221212 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01)
CPC B60K 1/04 (2013.01) [B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting structure for a power storage device, the mounting structure comprising:
a power storage device including
a power storage stack having an upper surface and a lower surface, and
a housing case in which the power storage stack is housed;
a floor member formed as a floor of a vehicle, the power storage device being fixed to the floor member; and
a rear bracket for fixing a rear portion of the power storage device to the floor member, wherein
the housing case includes
a lower case having a rear wall that faces rearward, a side of the lower surface of the power storage stack being fixed to the lower case, and
an upper case fixed to the lower case to cover a side of the upper surface of the power storage stack,
the floor member is provided with an attachment portion for attaching the rear bracket on a rear side of the rear wall,
the rear bracket includes
a front end portion fixed to the rear wall, and
a rear end portion attached to the attachment portion and disposed to extend rearward from an upper portion of the front end portion,
the power storage stack is disposed inside the housing case to provide a gap between the power storage stack and the rear wall, and
the front end portion of the rear bracket is fixed to the rear wall to be located between the upper surface and the lower surface of the power storage stack in an up-down direction.