US 12,459,449 B2
Wire harness routing structure for chargeable vehicle
Shinichi Matano, Kanagawa (JP); Yuji Ishii, Kanagawa (JP); and Hidenori Abe, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP); and RENAULT S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt (FR)
Appl. No. 17/922,186
Filed by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP); and RENAULT S.A.S., Boulogne-Billancourt (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/000410
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/220029, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202408 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 16/033 (2006.01); B60K 1/04 (2019.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); B60L 53/18 (2019.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/73 (2006.01); H01R 13/74 (2006.01); H02G 3/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 16/0215 (2013.01) [B60K 1/04 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02); B60L 53/18 (2019.02); H01R 13/73 (2013.01); H01R 13/74 (2013.01); H02G 3/22 (2013.01); B60K 2001/0438 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire harness routing structure for a chargeable vehicle, comprising
a battery installed in the chargeable vehicle;
a charging inlet for charging the battery, arranged on a vehicle body side part of the chargeable vehicle; and
a wire harness connected to the battery and the charging inlet, wherein
a tip of the charging inlet to which the wire harness is connected is positioned inside the chargeable vehicle passing through the vehicle body side part, and
the charging inlet is arranged at a position corresponding to a motor room in front of a dash panel, the dash panel includes a front protruding part that is positioned adjacent to a center of the dash panel in a vehicle width direction and protrudes more toward a front of a vehicle body than a different part, of the dash panel, where the charging inlet is arranged, the charging inlet is positioned closer to a rear of the vehicle body than the front protruding part, and the wire harness is connected to the battery at a position corresponding to the front protruding part in the vehicle width direction.