Patent ID: 9444082
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B60K,B60L,H01M,Y02E,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A battery pack structure for an electric vehicle that mounts, at an underside of a vehicle body floor, a battery pack case having a battery module and a high-power cut-off switch that cuts off a battery high-power circuit by a manual operation, the battery pack structure comprising: two vehicle areas formed by dividing an inside space of the battery pack case into two areas such that one area is in front of another area in a vehicle front-and-rear direction, the two areas comprising a first area and a second area, wherein the first area comprises a battery module mounting area where the battery module is mounted, wherein the second area is between the first area and at least one connector terminal, wherein the high-power cut-off switch is provided on an upper portion of the battery pack case and in the second area which is located on a vehicle front side or a vehicle rear side with respect to the battery module mounting area, wherein a distance between the underside of the vehicle body floor and a portion of the upper portion of the battery pack case where the high-power cut-off switch is provided is greater than a distance between a portion of an upper surface of the battery pack case and the underside of the vehicle body floor in the first area, and wherein a portion of the high-power cut-off switch is embedded in the battery pack case at a recess including a concave portion sloping downward along the upper portion of the battery pack case.