Patent ID: 8978617
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60K,F02B

Abstract:
1. A mounting structure for a battery and a fuel tank of a gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, comprising: a battery disposed on a first side of a propeller shaft; a fuel tank disposed on a second side of the propeller shaft, opposite the first side in the vehicle width direction, so as to be arranged in parallel with the battery, wherein the propeller shaft is disposed in the center of the vehicle and below a bearing surface of a rear seat, under a floor of the vehicle body so as to substantially extend in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle, the battery disposed between a cross member and a rear sub frame, the cross member being disposed below the rear seat so as to substantially extend in a width direction of the vehicle, the battery is disposed between the propeller shaft and a side frame on the first side of the propeller shaft, the fuel tank is disposed between the propeller shaft and a side frame on the second side of the propeller shaft, the side frames disposed along lateral ends, in the vehicle width direction, of the floor, the side frames being connected to each other in the width direction of the vehicle by the cross member, the battery and the fuel tank are disposed in a portion surrounded by the cross member, the rear sub frame, and the side frames, and a horizontal plane extending in the vehicle width direction passes through each of the battery, the fuel tank, and the propeller shaft.