US 12,466,240 B2
Vehicle
Junichi Nakano, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,423.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-060290 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311619 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); B60K 5/00 (2006.01); B60K 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3229 (2013.01) [B60H 1/00407 (2013.01); B60K 5/00 (2013.01); B60K 11/04 (2013.01); B60K 2005/003 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a front wheel and a rear wheel;
a vehicle cabin;
a floor panel constituting a floor surface of the vehicle cabin;
a front room provided in front of the vehicle cabin;
a prime mover provided behind the front room and below the floor panel;
a propeller shaft extending in front of the prime mover and below the floor panel in a front-rear direction and configured to transmit rotational power output from the prime mover;
an air conditioner unit that is provided in the front room and through which a first refrigerant flows;
a compressor driven by power of the prime mover and configured to compress the first refrigerant; and
a first pipe that connects the air conditioner unit and the compressor and through which the first refrigerant flows,
wherein the floor panel is formed with a center tunnel portion formed by bending the floor panel upward in a convex shape,
wherein a space in which the propeller shaft is provided is formed below the center tunnel portion,
wherein the first pipe extends through the space in the front-rear direction, and
wherein, in a predetermined cross section that traverses at least a part of the propeller shaft in a vehicle width direction, the propeller shaft and the first pipe are arranged side by side in the space in the vehicle width direction.