US 12,109,875 B2
Electric vehicle powertrain arrangement
Hiroaki Tanaka, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshinori Sugahara, Kanagawa (JP); and Yusuke Tanno, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
Appl. No. 18/565,109
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/024873
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/276087, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0262176 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. B60K 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01); B60T 11/18 (2006.01); B62D 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 1/00 (2013.01) [B60K 17/04 (2013.01); B60T 7/04 (2013.01); B60T 11/18 (2013.01); B62D 25/14 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric vehicle comprising:
a dash panel;
a master cylinder disposed on a motor compartment side and a driver's seat side of the dash panel, and connected to a brake pedal disposed in a vehicle passenger compartment interior; and
an electrical unit including an inverter, a motor, and a gearbox that are arranged side by side in a left-right direction of the vehicle in the motor compartment; and
a unit member positioned below the master cylinder and connected to each of a pair of side members arranged on both sides of the vehicle in the left-right direction in the motor compartment,
the electrical unit being located in the motor compartment in front of and below the master cylinder in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, or below the master cylinder so as to partially overlap with the master cylinder in the front-rear direction.