US 12,071,077 B2
Power control unit mounting structure of vehicle
Hiroshi Matsuda, Tokyo (JP); Hisayuki Nagatsu, Tokyo (JP); and Kazuya Sakaimoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,549.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-065501 (JP), filed on Apr. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324393 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60K 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01); F02M 35/104 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/00 (2013.01) [B60K 5/04 (2013.01); B62D 25/145 (2013.01); F02M 35/104 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0038 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power control unit mounting structure mounted on a vehicle, the power control unit mounting structure comprising:
a longitudinal engine mounted in an engine room at a front of the vehicle;
an intake manifold disposed above the longitudinal engine;
a power control unit disposed above the longitudinal engine and coupled to a high-voltage cable, the power control unit being configured to control power of a drive motor from a driving battery; and
a toeboard cross member disposed on a toeboard separating the engine room from a vehicle compartment of the vehicle,
wherein the longitudinal engine and the toeboard cross member partly overlap each other in a projected plane along a fore-and-aft direction to provide a space behind the power control unit in a front view of the vehicle,
wherein the intake manifold and the power control unit are disposed within a contour of the longitudinal engine in a plan view of the vehicle, and
wherein the intake manifold is disposed in front of the power control unit, and portions of intake pipes of the intake manifold disposed on left and right sides extend rearward and are partly opposed to both side surfaces of the power control unit.