US 12,403,850 B2
Wire harness mounting structure
Xuyan Zhao, Kanagawa (JP); Yukinori Tsukamoto, Kanagawa (JP); Daisuke Asakura, Kanagawa (JP); and Yasuya Hamada, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 18/833,161
Filed by NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 26, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/002897
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 25, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/144930, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0108769 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [B60L 15/007 (2013.01); B60L 50/66 (2019.02); B60K 1/04 (2013.01); H01B 7/0045 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a wire harness;
a drive unit configured to drive a vehicle; and
a battery unit configured to supply electric power to the drive unit, wherein the battery unit is located on a front side of the drive unit, wherein:
the drive unit comprises a drive motor configured to drive a drive wheel, and an inverter device located on a front side of the drive motor and configured to convert the electric power from the battery unit and supply the converted electric power to the drive motor, and
the wire harness is formed in a continuous S-shape and configured such that one end of the wire harness is coupled to the inverter device from a first direction in a vehicle width direction via an inverter-side connector at a side surface portion of the inverter device, and the other end of the wire harness is coupled to the battery unit from a second direction opposite to the first direction via a battery-side connector at a rear end portion of the battery unit.